diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2118cbc2759..5ed1a0c03de 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 **/.DS_Store
-/envoy-gateway
+bin/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 92d914cdc25..aa7019df359 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .PHONY: build
 build:
-	@go build github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/cmd/envoy-gateway
+	@go build -o ./bin/ github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/cmd/envoy-gateway
 
 .PHONY: test
 test: