diff --git a/docs/.gitignore b/docs/.gitignore
index 5c964466e..fb0cdc749 100644
--- a/docs/.gitignore
+++ b/docs/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ reference/
 !INSTALL_VMS.md
 !INSTALL_ANDROID.md
 !MODIFYING.md
+!DEVELOPING.md
 
 # MkDocs Config file
 mkdocs.yml
diff --git a/docs/DEVELOPING.md b/docs/DEVELOPING.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..943bdaf10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/DEVELOPING.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+TODO: Add details on setting up a development environment, benchmarking and debugging freetype on various platforms