diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fa048b32..ebf36527 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,4 +28,3 @@ libbitcoind
 **/*.creator
 libbitcoind.includes
 *.log
-cache/patch_sha.txt
diff --git a/cache/.gitignore b/cache/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..83069a1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cache/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+patch_sha.txt