diff --git a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/.gitignore b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/.gitignore
index ca0618fbd..10c9f8a89 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/.gitignore
+++ b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
-/.project
-**/.classpath
 **/classpath.txt
-**/.project
-**/.settings/*.*
+
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/.project b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/.project
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4d8205df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vscode-extensions/commons/project-test-harness/.project
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>project-test-harness</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>