diff --git a/desktop/pkg/templates/plugin/.gitignore.template b/desktop/pkg/templates/plugin/.gitignore.template
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44d646d58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/pkg/templates/plugin/.gitignore.template
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+node_modules
+dist/