diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eff327961b..ad2d358890 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Thumbs.db
 **/out
 *.out
 *.class
+*.tgz
 
 ## Ignore Visual Studio temporary files, build results, and
 ## files generated by popular Visual Studio add-ons.
diff --git a/containers/.npmignore b/containers/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc46ae171d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.npmignore
+.vscode
+test-project
+ignore
+README.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/containers/rust/.npmignore b/containers/rust/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d14251712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/rust/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+src
+Cargo.lock
+Cargo.toml
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e7e099393
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+	"name": "vscode-dev-containers",
+	"version": "0.1.0",
+	"description": "VS Code Dev Containers: Definitions and Templates",
+	"files": [
+		"containers"
+	],
+	"repository": {
+		"type": "git",
+		"url": "https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-dev-containers.git"
+	},
+	"author": "Microsoft Corporation",
+	"license": "SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.md"
+}
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