diff --git a/debian/.gitignore b/debian/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..87ed25115f20d20bfdaa8a80776abc71269d1b63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+!pom.xml