diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 55ab075..853c7f7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@
 *.ign
 !fcos.bu
 !overlay.bu
-*/butane.blocklist
 __pycache__/
 .pytest_cache/
diff --git a/scripts/butane.blocklist b/scripts/butane.blocklist
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5680439
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/butane.blocklist
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/var
+/var/lib
+/var/lib/quadlets
+/etc
+/etc/quadlets
+/etc/systemd
+/etc/systemd/system
+/etc/containers
+/etc/containers/systemd
+/etc/tmpfiles.d
+/etc/sysctl.d
+/etc/profile.d