diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 227c59de2..eeb5b3ce3 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-/docs/
-/plugins/
-!/plugins/flot-old/
+!/docs_html/
diff --git a/docs/.npmignore b/docs/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72e8ffc0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*
diff --git a/plugins/.npmignore b/plugins/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4a45f81e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!/plugins/flot-old/