diff --git a/phing/files/.gitignore b/phing/files/.gitignore
index bc5be6736..e4173b609 100644
--- a/phing/files/.gitignore
+++ b/phing/files/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ local.*
 
 # Ignore paths that contain user-generated content.
 docroot/sites/*/files
+docroot/sites/*/files-private
 docroot/sites/*/private
 
 # OS X
diff --git a/phing/files/deploy-exclude.txt b/phing/files/deploy-exclude.txt
index 0a526864f..a9ca7d6f6 100644
--- a/phing/files/deploy-exclude.txt
+++ b/phing/files/deploy-exclude.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 /docroot/libraries/contrib
 /docroot/modules/contrib
 /docroot/sites/*/files
+/docroot/sites/*/files-private
 /docroot/sites/*/private
 /docroot/themes/contrib
 /drush/contrib
diff --git a/template/.gitignore b/template/.gitignore
index c62def578..14badaa6e 100644
--- a/template/.gitignore
+++ b/template/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ docroot/core
 
 # Ignore paths that contain user-generated content.
 docroot/sites/*/files
+docroot/sites/*/files-private
 docroot/sites/*/private
 
 # Ignore contrib modules. These should be created during build process.