diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2f93f8b9..8f78459f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ result
 
 /backrest
 /backrest-*
-dist
+dist/*
+!webui/dist/.gitkeep
 __debug_bin
 cmd/backrest/backrest
 *.exe
diff --git a/webui/.gitignore b/webui/.gitignore
index 75f5a6de..4831f5c5 100644
--- a/webui/.gitignore
+++ b/webui/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .parcel-cache
 node_modules
-dist
+dist/*
+!dist/.gitkeep
 dist-windows
diff --git a/webui/dist/.gitkeep b/webui/dist/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b