diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d06f635855a1..d7a71eb20150 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@
     "!template/node_modules",
     "!template/package-lock.json",
     "!template/yarn.lock",
-    "third-party-podspecs"
+    "third-party-podspecs",
+    "types"
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "start": "react-native start",
diff --git a/scripts/.npmignore b/scripts/.npmignore
index 6f5224b22643..ee653fdf1e65 100644
--- a/scripts/.npmignore
+++ b/scripts/.npmignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Make sure we never publish __test__ folders (Gradle output)
-**/__*tests__/
+**/__tests__/
diff --git a/types/.npmignore b/types/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d9963d681ffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__typetests__
\ No newline at end of file