diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 15d8caaf4..537481ed0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 .project
 .svn
 .nvm-version
-atom-build
 atom.xcodeproj
 build
 .xcodebuild-info
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 2b846e966..eeb475144 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ATOM_SRC_PATH = File.dirname(__FILE__)
-BUILD_DIR = 'atom-build'
+BUILD_DIR = '/tmp/atom-build'
 
 desc "Build Atom via `xcodebuild`"
 task :build => "create-xcode-project" do