diff --git a/generators/app/index.js b/generators/app/index.js
index 970372e..0da3e55 100644
--- a/generators/app/index.js
+++ b/generators/app/index.js
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ module.exports = generator.Base.extend({
         if(fs.lstatSync(fullPath).isDirectory()) {
           this.bulkDirectory(item, item);
         } else {
+          if (item === '.npmignore') {
+            this.copy(item, '.gitignore');
+          }
           this.copy(item, item);
         }
       }
diff --git a/test/generators/app/indexTest.js b/test/generators/app/indexTest.js
index 76941c2..c8aa927 100644
--- a/test/generators/app/indexTest.js
+++ b/test/generators/app/indexTest.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ describe('react-webpack:app', () => {
       assert.file([
         '.editorconfig',
         '.eslintrc',
+        '.gitignore',
         '.npmignore',
         '.yo-rc.json'
       ]);