diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bf9dfdcec9a42ea83919eadb9419561c8c97ba90..d525cd6f0600cc3cc3cb2dd04a3d7afffc336450 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 *.swp
 .DS_Store
+# Ignore .project everywhere except in the current directory
+.project
+!/.project