diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 63069bda..eeb46409 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -1,16 +1,47 @@
-node_modules/
-*.swp
-.lock-wscript
-lib/*.test.js
-lib/*.test.js.map
+# Blacklist - exclude everything except npm defaults such as LICENSE, etc
+*
+!*/
+
+# Whitelist - entries to be included must be negated with "!"
+!*.js
+!*.json
+
+# Whitelist - dist/
+!dist/**/*.js
+!dist/**/*.js.map
+
+!dist/**/*.css
+
+# Whitelist - lib/
+!lib/**/*.d.ts
+
+!lib/**/*.js
+!lib/**/*.js.map
+
+!lib/**/*.css
+
+# Whitelist - src/
+!src/**/*.ts
+!src/**/*.d.ts
+
+!src/**/*.js
+!src/**/*.js.map
+
+!src/**/*.css
+
+# Whitelist - typings/
+!typings/*.d.ts
+
+# Blacklist - (normal behavior) these will override any whitelist
+*.test.ts
+*.test.d.ts
+*.test.js
+*.test.js.map
 lib/test/
-Makefile.gyp
-*.Makefile
-*.target.gyp.mk
-*.node
-example/*.log
+
 docs/
-npm-debug.log
 /.idea/
-.env
+.vscode/
 build/
+fixtures/
+coverage/
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d4a06f82..4db430bc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,33 +11,6 @@
   "types": "typings/xterm.d.ts",
   "repository": "https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js",
   "license": "MIT",
-  "files": [
-    "*.js",
-    "*.json",
-    "dist/*.css",
-    "dist/**/*.css",
-    "dist/*.js",
-    "dist/*.js.map",
-    "dist/**/*.js",
-    "dist/**/*.js.map",
-    "lib/*.css",
-    "lib/**/*.css",
-    "lib/*.d.ts",
-    "lib/*.js",
-    "lib/*.js.map",
-    "lib/**/*.d.ts",
-    "lib/**/*.js",
-    "lib/**/*.js.map",
-    "src/*.css",
-    "src/**/*.css",
-    "src/*.js",
-    "src/*.js.map",
-    "src/*.ts",
-    "src/**/*.js",
-    "src/**/*.js.map",
-    "src/**/*.ts",
-    "typings/*.d.ts"
-  ],
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/chai": "^3.4.34",
     "@types/jsdom": "^11.0.1",