diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4b571e192..c924add8b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@ default.etcd/
 *.test
 vendor
 .protoc-gen-gofast
-statik
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/statik/.gitignore b/statik/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..514ee40a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/statik/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+statik.go
diff --git a/statik/doc.go b/statik/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85edd9e6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/statik/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Package statik contains static assets for the Web UI. `go generate` will
+// produce statik.go, which is ignored by git.
+package statik