diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index f39ffe61..4501f25b 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "name": "xterm.js",
   "version": "0.1",
-  "ignore": ["demo", "docs", "test"]
+  "ignore": ["demo", "docs", "test", ".gitignore"]
 }
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