diff --git a/template/.gitignore b/template/.gitignore
index 08e96eb66..03336feac 100644
--- a/template/.gitignore
+++ b/template/.gitignore
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ docroot/profiles/contrib
 docroot/libraries
 drush/contrib
 
+# Ignore custom theme node_modules folders
+docroot/themes/custom/*/node_modules
+
 # Ignore build artifacts
 /deploy
 bin/*