diff --git a/.changeset/odd-ligers-march.md b/.changeset/odd-ligers-march.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..05fb5c7c9779
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/odd-ligers-march.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'create-svelte': patch
+---
+
+include missing .npmrc in templates
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/bin.js b/packages/create-svelte/bin.js
index dbdae88cc0e3..80e991aadcc6 100755
--- a/packages/create-svelte/bin.js
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/bin.js
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ async function main() {
  */
 function write_template_files(template, typescript, name, cwd) {
 	const dir = dist(`templates/${template}`);
-	copy(`${dir}/assets`, cwd, (name) => name.replace('gitignore', '.gitignore'));
+	copy(`${dir}/assets`, cwd, (name) => name.replace('DOT-', '.'));
 	copy(`${dir}/package.json`, `${cwd}/package.json`);
 
 	const manifest = `${dir}/files.${typescript ? 'ts' : 'js'}.json`;
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/scripts/build-templates.js b/packages/create-svelte/scripts/build-templates.js
index ab53da5409a1..a3061e5482ce 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/scripts/build-templates.js
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/scripts/build-templates.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ async function generate_templates(shared) {
 					contents
 				});
 			} else {
-				const dest = path.join(assets, name).replace('.gitignore', 'gitignore'); // npm does wacky stuff to gitignores
+				const dest = path.join(assets, name.replace(/^\./, 'DOT-'));
 				mkdirp(path.dirname(dest));
 				fs.copyFileSync(path.join(cwd, name), dest);
 			}