diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 227c59de22a481283492ac538f0bfbe5380492e9..eeb5b3ce302a550dc146b77d87540395c195c763 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 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..72e8ffc0db8aad71a934dd11e5968bd5109e54b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*
diff --git a/plugins/.npmignore b/plugins/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a4a45f81e34a41dfc6f18da3eac9363d61465aaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!/plugins/flot-old/