diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9d58efe7906a66..50b75a90309fc8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ yarn.lock
 gutenberg.zip
 storybook-static
 .DS_Store
+phpcs.xml
diff --git a/phpcs.xml b/phpcs.xml.dist
similarity index 100%
rename from phpcs.xml
rename to phpcs.xml.dist