diff --git a/proto/src/erlang/.gitignore b/proto/src/erlang/.gitignore
index 9b34c9cdb7821cb5ee6c369220ef9f461501b332..b583d287f2c200fe88ad47c7e8d9cfcf15b0135c 100644
--- a/proto/src/erlang/.gitignore
+++ b/proto/src/erlang/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 *
 !rebar.config
 !rebar.lock
+!src/
 !src/tfpb.app.src
diff --git a/proto/src/erlang/src/tfpb.app.src b/proto/src/erlang/src/tfpb.app.src
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..abbe6bbcc0e62685ee340b02528e698b191e4b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proto/src/erlang/src/tfpb.app.src
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{application, tfpb,
+ [{description, "Teraflow Erlang Protocol Buffers"},
+  {vsn, "0.1.0"},
+  {registered, []},
+  {applications, [kernel, stdlib, grpcbox]},
+  {env, []},
+  {modules, []},
+  {licenses, ["Apache 2.0"]},
+  {links, []}
+ ]}.