diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7ac5340..743f60f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,4 +7,7 @@ volumes/*
 !volumes/seafile-memcached/
 volumes/seafile-data/*
 volumes/seafile-mariadb/*
-volumes/seafile-memcached/*
\ No newline at end of file
+volumes/seafile-memcached/*
+
+# Do not ignore a special file name
+!.gitkeep
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/volumes/seafile-data/.gitkeep b/volumes/seafile-data/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/volumes/seafile-mariadb/.gitkeep b/volumes/seafile-mariadb/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/volumes/seafile-memcached/.gitkeep b/volumes/seafile-memcached/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29