diff --git a/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/gitignore b/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/gitignore
index caf98b528870..a116e557f994 100644
--- a/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/gitignore
+++ b/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/gitignore
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@
 /node_modules
 /bower_components
 
+# IDEs and editors
+/.idea
+
 # misc
 /.sass-cache
 /connect.lock
 /coverage/*
 /libpeerconnection.log
 npm-debug.log
-testem.log
\ No newline at end of file
+testem.log