diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8574a81de0a4..777b23658572 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ build/
 dist/
 coverage/
 scratch/
-*.d.ts
 *.js.map
 *.pyc
 *.tsbuildinfo
diff --git a/packages/gatsby/.gitignore b/packages/gatsby/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c318d0bec1a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gatsby/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+gatsby-browser.d.ts
+gatsby-node.d.ts