diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e30a4e69d7..e8755d3d78 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ yarn-debug.log*
 .yarn-integrity
 /app/assets/builds/*
 !/app/assets/builds/.keep
+!/app/assets/builds/.gitkeep
 
 # Ignore briley AWS cloud9 script to start the application
 cloud9-start.sh
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 416e71bb1e..946898ba6a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
-
 ## V4.1.1
 
 ### Added
 - Added `MORE_INFO` and `LESS_INFO` JS constants (for the Research Outputs feature)
+- Added a .gitkeep file to the app/assets/builds directory to address potential issues when building the application.css file during production deploys #3314
+
 ### Fixed
 - Updated the default font on the 'Download page' to be 'Roboto, Arial, Sans-Serif'
 - Fixed an issue with API V0 that was causing a 500 Internal Server error
 - Solved issue where spring was loaded in production mode : ran `bin/spring binstub --all`
 - Updated fontawesome to V6
 
+
 ## v4.1.0
 
 **Note this upgrade is a migration from Ruby v2.7.6 to v3.0.5.** Note that this could have an impact on any customizations you may have made to your fork of this project. Please see https://www.fastruby.io/blog/ruby/upgrades/upgrade-ruby-from-2.7-to-3.0.html for further information on what to check. In particular, please note the changes to the way [Ruby 3 handles keyword arguments](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2019/12/12/separation-of-positional-and-keyword-arguments-in-ruby-3-0/)
diff --git a/app/assets/builds/.gitkeep b/app/assets/builds/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2