diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6ea289bee..88ddd7288 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ sinopia-*.tgz
 .DS_Store
 
 ###
-bin/**
 !bin/sinopia
 test-storage*
 
diff --git a/bin/verdaccio b/bin/verdaccio
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87170d755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/verdaccio
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+require('../lib/cli')