diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f05e400cd..1d3ad4663 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ bin
 perfstats*.csv
 coverage.xml
 syncthing.sig
-RELEASE
 deb
 *.bz2
 /repos
diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3e48c4c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+v1.22.0