diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 11f5ef9e61..66a8b13e8f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 *.pyc
-/netbox/media
 /netbox/netbox/configuration.py
 /netbox/netbox/ldap_config.py
 /netbox/reports/*
diff --git a/netbox/media/devicetype-images/.gitignore b/netbox/media/devicetype-images/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6b7ef32c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netbox/media/devicetype-images/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!.gitignore