diff --git a/.eleventy.js b/.eleventy.js
index cb391abcb0..98d9faeb62 100644
--- a/.eleventy.js
+++ b/.eleventy.js
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ module.exports = function (eleventyConfig) {
 
   eleventyConfig.setLibrary('md', markdown);
 
+  eleventyConfig.setUseGitIgnore(false);
+
   return {
     passthroughFileCopy: true,
     dir: {