  We present a new type of Fayet-Iliopoulos (FI) terms in ${\mathcal N}=2$
supergravity that do not require the gauging of the $R$-symmetry. We elaborate
on the impact of such terms on the vacuum structure of the ${\mathcal N}=2$
theory and compare their properties with the standard Fayet-Iliopoulos terms
that arise from gaugings. In particular, we show that, with the use of the new
FI terms, models with a single physical ${\mathcal N}=2$ vector multiplet can
be constructed that give stable de Sitter vacua.
