diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 71a0f204..00000000
--- a/.npmignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-*
-!scripts/cli.js
-!dist/**/*.js
-!dist/**/*.cache
-!dist/**/*.ts
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 388ccd0f..dd604d80 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
   "bin": {
     "ncc": "./dist/ncc/cli.js"
   },
+  "files": [
+    "dist"
+  ],
   "scripts": {
     "build": "node scripts/build",
     "build-test-binary": "cd test/binary && node-gyp rebuild && cp build/Release/hello.node ../integration/hello.node",