diff --git a/com.google.eclipse.protobuf.ui/src-gen/.KEEP b/com.google.eclipse.protobuf.ui/src-gen/.KEEP
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..774f397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/com.google.eclipse.protobuf.ui/src-gen/.KEEP
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Git doesn't support empty directories in a repo. This "empty" file force it to keep the src-gen directory.
diff --git a/com.google.eclipse.protobuf/src-gen/.KEEP b/com.google.eclipse.protobuf/src-gen/.KEEP
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..774f397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/com.google.eclipse.protobuf/src-gen/.KEEP
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Git doesn't support empty directories in a repo. This "empty" file force it to keep the src-gen directory.