diff --git a/lib/generate/fs.js b/lib/generate/fs.js
index f5f74a57a..f96efb3ce 100644
--- a/lib/generate/fs.js
+++ b/lib/generate/fs.js
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ var getFiles = function(path) {
 
     // Add extra rules to ignore common folders
     ig.addIgnoreRules([
-        '.git/'
+        '.git/',
+        '.gitignore',
     ], '__custom_stuff');
 
     // Push each file to our list