diff --git a/src/py/flwr/cli/new/templates/app/.gitignore.tpl b/src/py/flwr/cli/new/templates/app/.gitignore.tpl
index 68bc17f9ff21..f791a9b679d8 100644
--- a/src/py/flwr/cli/new/templates/app/.gitignore.tpl
+++ b/src/py/flwr/cli/new/templates/app/.gitignore.tpl
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
 *$py.class
 
+# Flower directory
+.flwr
+
 # C extensions
 *.so