diff --git a/packages/medusa-cli/.npmignore b/packages/medusa-cli/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b4f578ee4c323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/medusa-cli/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+src
+.babelrc
+.eslintrc
+.gitignore
+.prettierrc