diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d02d229e03a..790ffac70fe 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -76,3 +76,6 @@ chef/tmp/*
 
 # exclude our git version file for now
 config/version.rb
+
+# ignore the Ruby Version manager (rvm) file
+.rvmrc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.rvmrc.sample b/.rvmrc.sample
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d96e1bce3d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rvmrc.sample
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rvm --create use 2.0.0@discourse