diff --git a/templates/projects/emptyweb/project.json b/templates/projects/emptyweb/project.json
index 6940a2c6..6abaf2ce 100644
--- a/templates/projects/emptyweb/project.json
+++ b/templates/projects/emptyweb/project.json
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@
 
   "buildOptions": {
     "emitEntryPoint": true,
-    "preserveCompilationContext": true
+    "preserveCompilationContext": true,
+     "compile": {
+      "exclude": [
+        "node_modules"
+      ]
+    }
   },
 
   "runtimeOptions": {
diff --git a/templates/projects/unittest/project.json b/templates/projects/unittest/project.json
index 970aa963..3beba008 100644
--- a/templates/projects/unittest/project.json
+++ b/templates/projects/unittest/project.json
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
   "version": "1.0.0-*",
 
   "buildOptions": {
-    "preserveCompilationContext": true
+    "preserveCompilationContext": true,
+     "compile": {
+      "exclude": [
+        "node_modules"
+      ]
+    }
   },
 
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/templates/projects/web/project.json b/templates/projects/web/project.json
index 6cf408c6..2e8d01b4 100755
--- a/templates/projects/web/project.json
+++ b/templates/projects/web/project.json
@@ -81,7 +81,12 @@
 
   "buildOptions": {
     "emitEntryPoint": true,
-    "preserveCompilationContext": true
+    "preserveCompilationContext": true,
+     "compile": {
+      "exclude": [
+        "node_modules"
+      ]
+    }
   },
 
   "runtimeOptions": {
diff --git a/templates/projects/webapi/project.json b/templates/projects/webapi/project.json
index 5f8dc9af..60bae1e7 100644
--- a/templates/projects/webapi/project.json
+++ b/templates/projects/webapi/project.json
@@ -34,7 +34,12 @@
 
   "buildOptions": {
     "emitEntryPoint": true,
-    "preserveCompilationContext": true
+    "preserveCompilationContext": true,
+     "compile": {
+      "exclude": [
+        "node_modules"
+      ]
+    }
   },
 
   "runtimeOptions": {
diff --git a/templates/projects/webbasic/project.json b/templates/projects/webbasic/project.json
index 78d9e089..0ab37150 100755
--- a/templates/projects/webbasic/project.json
+++ b/templates/projects/webbasic/project.json
@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@
 
   "buildOptions": {
     "emitEntryPoint": true,
-    "preserveCompilationContext": true
+    "preserveCompilationContext": true,
+     "compile": {
+      "exclude": [
+        "node_modules"
+      ]
+    }
   },
 
   "runtimeOptions": {