diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 683c0f054..1dc12fcc4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 /public/plugin_assets
 /tmp/*
 /tmp/cache/*
+/tmp/pdf/*
 /tmp/sessions/*
 /tmp/sockets/*
 /tmp/test/*
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index a84c9a824..cd27d0a6b 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public/dispatch.*
 public/plugin_assets
 tmp/*
 tmp/cache/*
+tmp/pdf/*
 tmp/sessions/*
 tmp/sockets/*
 tmp/test/*
diff --git a/tmp/pdf/empty b/tmp/pdf/empty
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb