diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 03ecaed831..adfa41b394 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,7 +22,14 @@ wp-tests-config.php
 /src/wp-content/languages
 /src/wp-content/mu-plugins
 /src/wp-content/plugins
-/src/wp-content/themes
+/src/wp-content/themes/*
+!/src/wp-content/themes/twentyten
+!/src/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven
+!/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve
+!/src/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen
+!/src/wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen
+!/src/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen
+!/src/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen
 /src/wp-content/upgrade
 /src/wp-content/uploads
 /src/wp-content/advanced-cache.php