diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 630253719..6c5fbded4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -113,3 +113,6 @@ ENV/
 
 # JetBrains IDEs (PyCharm, etc)
 .idea
+
+# Allow having untracked packages in aports using a custom-something directory
+/custom-*/