diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b599c0a16..5b6925eb4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 *.tar.gz
 dist/
 build/
+locales/
 
 # For development, I symlink into my clone, so I have to have a copy of libembroidery.
 libembroidery.py
diff --git a/locales/.keep b/translations/.keep
similarity index 100%
rename from locales/.keep
rename to translations/.keep