diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c6da2f32628..3b644c91c30 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 .buildpath
 .project
 .settings
+assets/cache/*
 system/cms/cache/*
 system/cms/config/database.php
 system/cms/logs/log-*.php
diff --git a/assets/cache/index.html b/assets/cache/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d