diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng/files/gitignore b/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng/files/gitignore
index 6708ebc05606..54bfd2001e64 100755
--- a/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng/files/gitignore
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng/files/gitignore
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 # misc
 /.sass-cache
 /connect.lock
-/coverage/*
+/coverage
 /libpeerconnection.log
 npm-debug.log
 testem.log