diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b312112..38c0cdc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ c_src/*.o
 c_src/bzip2-1.0.6
 c_src/snappy-1.0.4
 deps/
-priv/
+priv/wt
+priv/*.so*
+priv/*.dylib*
 log/
 *~
diff --git a/priv/wterl.schema b/priv/wterl.schema
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d93e58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/wterl.schema
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+%%%% This is the WiredTiger section
+
+%% @doc wiredtiger data_root
+{mapping, "wiredtiger.data_root", "wterl.data_root", [
+  {default, "{{platform_data_dir}}/wiredtiger"}
+]}.