diff --git a/.changeset/beige-peas-swim.md b/.changeset/beige-peas-swim.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..587319730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/beige-peas-swim.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'sv': patch
+---
+
+feat: respect `.gitignore` in `eslint` add-on
diff --git a/packages/addons/eslint/index.ts b/packages/addons/eslint/index.ts
index db6e4496a..1fe9dd8b9 100644
--- a/packages/addons/eslint/index.ts
+++ b/packages/addons/eslint/index.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export default defineAddon({
 		const prettierInstalled = Boolean(dependencyVersion('prettier'));
 
 		sv.devDependency('eslint', '^9.7.0');
+		sv.devDependency('@eslint/compat', '^1.2.3');
 		sv.devDependency('globals', '^15.0.0');
 		sv.devDependency('eslint-plugin-svelte', '^2.36.0');
 
@@ -56,6 +57,14 @@ export default defineAddon({
 				AstKinds.ExpressionKind | AstTypes.SpreadElement | AstTypes.ObjectExpression
 			> = [];
 
+			const gitIgnorePathStatement = common.statementFromString(
+				'\nconst gitignorePath = fileURLToPath(new URL("./.gitignore", import.meta.url));'
+			);
+			common.addStatement(ast, gitIgnorePathStatement);
+
+			const ignoresConfig = common.expressionFromString('includeIgnoreFile(gitignorePath)');
+			eslintConfigs.push(ignoresConfig);
+
 			const jsConfig = common.expressionFromString('js.configs.recommended');
 			eslintConfigs.push(jsConfig);
 
@@ -92,11 +101,6 @@ export default defineAddon({
 				eslintConfigs.push(svelteTSParserConfig);
 			}
 
-			const ignoresConfig = object.create({
-				ignores: common.expressionFromString('["build/", ".svelte-kit/", "dist/"]')
-			});
-			eslintConfigs.push(ignoresConfig);
-
 			let exportExpression: AstTypes.ArrayExpression | AstTypes.CallExpression;
 			if (typescript) {
 				const tsConfigCall = functions.call('ts.config', []);
@@ -121,8 +125,10 @@ export default defineAddon({
 
 			// imports
 			if (typescript) imports.addDefault(ast, 'typescript-eslint', 'ts');
+			imports.addNamed(ast, 'node:url', { fileURLToPath: 'fileURLToPath' });
 			imports.addDefault(ast, 'globals', 'globals');
 			imports.addDefault(ast, 'eslint-plugin-svelte', 'svelte');
+			imports.addNamed(ast, '@eslint/compat', { includeIgnoreFile: 'includeIgnoreFile' });
 			imports.addDefault(ast, '@eslint/js', 'js');
 
 			return generateCode();
diff --git a/packages/create/templates/demo/.gitignore b/packages/create/templates/demo/.gitignore
index 79518f716..3b462cb0c 100644
--- a/packages/create/templates/demo/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/create/templates/demo/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ node_modules
 # Output
 .output
 .vercel
+.netlify
+.wrangler
 /.svelte-kit
 /build
 
diff --git a/packages/create/templates/library/.gitignore b/packages/create/templates/library/.gitignore
index 715b548f7..294b38578 100644
--- a/packages/create/templates/library/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/create/templates/library/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ node_modules
 # Output
 .output
 .vercel
+.netlify
+.wrangler
 /.svelte-kit
 /build
 /dist
diff --git a/packages/create/templates/minimal/.gitignore b/packages/create/templates/minimal/.gitignore
index 79518f716..3b462cb0c 100644
--- a/packages/create/templates/minimal/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/create/templates/minimal/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ node_modules
 # Output
 .output
 .vercel
+.netlify
+.wrangler
 /.svelte-kit
 /build