diff --git a/yocto-poky/.gitignore b/yocto-poky/.gitignore
index 4235831..94894d4 100644
--- a/yocto-poky/.gitignore
+++ b/yocto-poky/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
 /*.patch
-build*/
+/build*/
 pyshtables.py
 pstage/
 scripts/oe-git-proxy-socks
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 *.orig
 *.rej
 *~
+!meta-poky
 !meta-yocto
 !meta-yocto-bsp
 !meta-yocto-imported