diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ee2a0211ce..8828f1b1b4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -114,3 +114,5 @@ awx/lib/.deps_built
 awx/lib/site-packages
 venv/*
 use_dev_supervisor.txt
+
+.idea/*
diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94a25f7f4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
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