diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index de3e4fa68e..fdb75824fb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ CTestTestfile.cmake
 .gcc-flags.json
 
 config/
+# Test fixture config/ directories are tracked (the rule above is the dashboard dir)
+!tests/component_tests/**/config/
 tests/build/
 tests/.esphome/
 /.temp-clang-tidy.cpp