diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index ffe1cd692f..986a737a04 100755
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -108,5 +108,9 @@ main/upload/users/*
 .idea/cssxfire.xml
 .idea
 
+# Xapian indexes directory
+searchdb/*
+!searchdb/index.html
+
 syntax: regexp
-^main/upload/users$
\ No newline at end of file
+^main/upload/users$