diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f3d00bd4e..509ca871e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 build*
 .dir-locals.el
 TAGS
 !third-party/cmake
+!third-party/akantu-iterators
 !third-party/iohelper
 third-party/*/
 *~
 release
 .*.swp
 *.tar.gz
 *.tgz
 *.tbz
 *.tar.bz2
 .idea
 __pycache__
 .mailmap