diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 90ebce4cb674..81659fe018a0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 !.nycrc
 !.yamllint.yaml
 !.configurations/
+!/.npmrc
 
 # === Rules for root dir ===
 /core
diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..97b895e2f968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore-scripts=true