diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 52c32c8..67f48cf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ npm-debug.log*
 # Runtime data
 pids
 *.pid
+
+# Environment files - ignore any file starting with .env except the example
+.env*
+!.env.example
 *.seed
 
 # Directory for instrumented libs generated by jscoverage/JSCover