diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/main/resources/templates/gitignore.tmpl b/initializr-generator/src/main/resources/templates/gitignore.tmpl
index 2cf49e08..237cfff2 100644
--- a/initializr-generator/src/main/resources/templates/gitignore.tmpl
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/main/resources/templates/gitignore.tmpl
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 *.iws
 *.iml
 *.ipr
+{{^mavenBuild}}
+/out/
+{{/mavenBuild}}
 
 ### NetBeans ###
 /nbproject/private/
diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/test/resources/project/gradle/gitignore.gen b/initializr-generator/src/test/resources/project/gradle/gitignore.gen
index b4982557..2b1babbf 100644
--- a/initializr-generator/src/test/resources/project/gradle/gitignore.gen
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/test/resources/project/gradle/gitignore.gen
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 *.iws
 *.iml
 *.ipr
+/out/
 
 ### NetBeans ###
 /nbproject/private/