diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..028c03b87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+protobuf.js version: <fill in>
+
+### How to reproduce ###
+
+```js
+<code snippet>
+```
+
+### Expected behaviour ###
+
+<please describe>
+
+### Actual behaviour ###
+
+<please describe>
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 84919a2d4..fc96d6689 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .vscode/
+.github/
 *.log
 npm-debug.*
 node_modules/