diff --git a/src/sflow/hsflowd/.gitignore b/src/sflow/hsflowd/.gitignore
index d19db76ab9a9..1867213fb06a 100644
--- a/src/sflow/hsflowd/.gitignore
+++ b/src/sflow/hsflowd/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 !.gitignore
 !Makefile
 !patch/
+!patch/**