diff --git a/third-party/.gitignore b/third-party/.gitignore
index 453af308c..efc4279f7 100644
--- a/third-party/.gitignore
+++ b/third-party/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-**/**
+*
+**/*
+!CMakeLists.txt
 
diff --git a/third-party/CMakeLists.txt b/third-party/CMakeLists.txt
index 5a27d8337..07bc7f806 100644
--- a/third-party/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third-party/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
 file(GLOB all_valid_subdirs RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} "*/CMakeLists.txt")
 
 foreach(dir ${all_valid_subdirs})
-	message(STATUS "path = ${dir}")
 	if(${dir} MATCHES "^([^/]*)//CMakeLists.txt")
 		string(REGEX REPLACE "^([^/]*)//CMakeLists.txt" "\\1" dir_trimmed ${dir})
+		message(STATUS "Adding third-party component ${dir_trimmed}")
 		add_subdirectory(${dir_trimmed})
 	endif()
 endforeach(dir)