diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 06476ab79344f052c893c7e5ec476612bd21dbb0..072eb7cd1a64624b37839d091b5e24be20c8c0d7 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
                 "web-root": "./web"
             },
             "file-mapping": {
+                "[web-root]/.gitignore": false,
                 "[web-root]/example.gitignore": false,
                 "[web-root]/INSTALL.txt": false,
                 "[web-root]/README.txt": false,