diff --git a/src/bindgen/typescript-resources/.npmignore b/src/bindgen/typescript-resources/npmignore.bindgen
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bindgen/typescript-resources/.npmignore
rename to src/bindgen/typescript-resources/npmignore.bindgen
diff --git a/src/bindgen/typescript.js b/src/bindgen/typescript.js
index afa5259eb..8a1f88331 100644
--- a/src/bindgen/typescript.js
+++ b/src/bindgen/typescript.js
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ function typescriptBindings(outputDir, buildDir, wasmBinaries, options, forNode=
 
     const npmIgnorePath = path.join(outputDir, '.npmignore')
     if (!fs.existsSync(npmIgnorePath)) {
-      fs.copyFileSync(bindgenResource('.npmignore'), npmIgnorePath)
+      fs.copyFileSync(bindgenResource('npmignore.bindgen'), npmIgnorePath)
     }
 
     const docsIndexPath = path.join(outputDir, 'index.html')