diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-ruby/gitignore b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-ruby/gitignore
index 5e1422c9c..4a3439d02 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-ruby/gitignore
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-ruby/gitignore
@@ -48,3 +48,9 @@ build-iPhoneSimulator/
 
 # unless supporting rvm < 1.11.0 or doing something fancy, ignore this:
 .rvmrc
+
+# Serverless directories
+.serverless
+
+# package directories
+node_modules