diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 38a3abb46..01a585c6e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 *.jar
 *.war
 *.ear
+!/third_party/**/*.jar
 
 # virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
 hs_err_pid*
@@ -86,6 +87,6 @@ autogenerated/
 /gradle/.gradle
 /gradle/**/WEB-INF
 /gradle/**/build
-/gradle/node_modules/
+/gradle/node_modules/**
 !/gradle/node_modules/soyutils_usegoog.js
 /repos/