diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc.example
similarity index 100%
rename from .envrc
rename to .envrc.example
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7f40d0ba55..744577248d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ prime/
 *_source.tar.bz2
 .DS_Store
 
+# Direnv configuration
+/.envrc
+
 # nix-direnv generated files
 .direnv/