diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..598d9f63f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+parser/*.so
diff --git a/lua/nvim-treesitter/install.lua b/lua/nvim-treesitter/install.lua
index 637f1dedb..effa4a74f 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-treesitter/install.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-treesitter/install.lua
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ local function run_install(cache_folder, package_path, ft, repo)
   local compile_location = cache_folder..'/'..(repo.location or project_name)
   local parser_lib_name = package_path.."/parser/"..ft..".so"
   local command_list = {
+    {
+      cmd = 'mkdir',
+      opts = {
+        args = { '-p', package_path.."/parser" }
+      }
+    },
     {
       cmd = 'rm',
       opts = {
diff --git a/parser/.gitignore b/parser/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index d6b7ef32c..000000000
--- a/parser/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-*
-!.gitignore