diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 569e6ce20b..13cfa16ebf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 !/phpBB/styles/all
 node_modules
 /phpBB/vendor
+/phpBB/vendor-ext/*
+!/phpBB/vendor-ext/.git-keep
 /tests/phpbb_unit_tests.sqlite*
 /tests/test_config*.php
 /tests/tmp/*
diff --git a/phpBB/composer-ext.json b/phpBB/composer-ext.json
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/phpBB/composer-ext.lock b/phpBB/composer-ext.lock
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/phpBB/vendor-ext/.git-keep b/phpBB/vendor-ext/.git-keep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2