diff --git a/packages/simplex-chat-nodejs/.npmignore b/packages/simplex-chat-nodejs/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26fdd85dff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/simplex-chat-nodejs/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+libs/
+build/
+node_modules/