diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 51115af..aa4ef6d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 data/
 dist/
-jars/
+jars/*
+!jars/.gitignore
 docs/xqdoc/
\ No newline at end of file