diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 33cdcecc3..ba28dfb50 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 *.iml
 .idea
 .DS_Store
-/node_modules/
 npm-debug.log
 .tern-project
 package-lock.json
+node_modules/
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52143aff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.*
+docs
+example
+spec
+bower.json