diff --git a/GhidraBuild/EclipsePlugins/GhidraDev/GhidraDevPlugin/README.md b/GhidraBuild/EclipsePlugins/GhidraDev/GhidraDevPlugin/README.md
index 2d503e6f36..c8cefb4007 100644
--- a/GhidraBuild/EclipsePlugins/GhidraDev/GhidraDevPlugin/README.md
+++ b/GhidraBuild/EclipsePlugins/GhidraDev/GhidraDevPlugin/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ change with future releases.
 
 ## Change History
 __5.1.0:__
-* Added a PyGhidra Headless run configuration
+* Added a PyGhidra Headless run configuration.
+* New Ghidra module projects now contain a default .gitignore file (requires Ghidra 12.2 or later).
 
 __5.0.1:__
 * Fixed a bug that prevented Ghidra from discovering the Ghidra module project when launched with
diff --git a/GhidraBuild/EclipsePlugins/GhidraDev/GhidraDevPlugin/src/main/java/ghidradev/ghidraprojectcreator/utils/GhidraModuleUtils.java b/GhidraBuild/EclipsePlugins/GhidraDev/GhidraDevPlugin/src/main/java/ghidradev/ghidraprojectcreator/utils/GhidraModuleUtils.java
index 8394bb62ac..a2068e88be 100644
--- a/GhidraBuild/EclipsePlugins/GhidraDev/GhidraDevPlugin/src/main/java/ghidradev/ghidraprojectcreator/utils/GhidraModuleUtils.java
+++ b/GhidraBuild/EclipsePlugins/GhidraDev/GhidraDevPlugin/src/main/java/ghidradev/ghidraprojectcreator/utils/GhidraModuleUtils.java
@@ -173,6 +173,11 @@ public class GhidraModuleUtils {
 			if (!buildTemplateGradleFile.renameTo(buildGradleFile)) {
 				throw new IOException("Failed to rename: " + buildTemplateGradleFile);
 			}
+			File gitIgnoreFile = new File(projectDir, "gitignore");
+			File dotGitIgnoreFile = new File(projectDir, ".gitignore");
+			if (gitIgnoreFile.exists() && !gitIgnoreFile.renameTo(dotGitIgnoreFile)) {
+				throw new IOException("Failed to rename: " + gitIgnoreFile);
+			}
 		}
 		catch (CancelledException | IOException e) {
 			throw new IOException("Failed to copy skeleton directory: " + projectDir);
diff --git a/GhidraBuild/Skeleton/build.gradle b/GhidraBuild/Skeleton/build.gradle
index 34d2737c3b..932334ba88 100644
--- a/GhidraBuild/Skeleton/build.gradle
+++ b/GhidraBuild/Skeleton/build.gradle
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ rootProject.assembleDistribution {
 		exclude '.classpath'
 		exclude '.project'
 		exclude 'build.gradle'
-		rename "gitignore", ".gitignore"
 		into "Extensions/Ghidra/Skeleton"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/GhidraBuild/Skeleton/gitignore b/GhidraBuild/Skeleton/gitignore
index 07bec394fa..fd11506243 100644
--- a/GhidraBuild/Skeleton/gitignore
+++ b/GhidraBuild/Skeleton/gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .project
 .pyproject
+.pydevproject
 .classpath
 .settings/
 .gradle/