diff --git a/bramble-android/.gitignore b/bramble-android/.gitignore
index 7b257d328..001641235 100644
--- a/bramble-android/.gitignore
+++ b/bramble-android/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ gen
 build
 .settings
 src/main/res/raw/*.zip
-src/main/jniLibs
\ No newline at end of file
+src/main/jniLibs
+!src/main/jniLibs/.gitkeep
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bramble-android/src/main/jniLibs/.gitkeep b/bramble-android/src/main/jniLibs/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb