diff --git a/platformio/package/pack.py b/platformio/package/pack.py
index c7288f5d..1e18c55a 100644
--- a/platformio/package/pack.py
+++ b/platformio/package/pack.py
@@ -26,7 +26,14 @@ from platformio.unpacker import FileUnpacker
 
 
 class PackagePacker(object):
-    EXCLUDE_DEFAULT = ["._*", ".DS_Store", ".git", ".hg", ".svn", ".pio"]
+    EXCLUDE_DEFAULT = [
+        "._*",
+        ".DS_Store",
+        ".git",
+        ".hg",
+        ".svn",
+        ".pio",
+    ]
     INCLUDE_DEFAULT = ManifestFileType.items().values()
 
     def __init__(self, package, manifest_uri=None):
@@ -116,7 +123,7 @@ class PackagePacker(object):
         return dst
 
     def compute_src_filters(self, include, exclude):
-        result = ["+<%s>" % p for p in include or ["*"]]
+        result = ["+<%s>" % p for p in include or ["*", ".*"]]
         result += ["-<%s>" % p for p in exclude or []]
         result += ["-<%s>" % p for p in self.EXCLUDE_DEFAULT]
         # automatically include manifests
diff --git a/tests/package/test_pack.py b/tests/package/test_pack.py
index 2cc84254..95b43570 100644
--- a/tests/package/test_pack.py
+++ b/tests/package/test_pack.py
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ from platformio.package.pack import PackagePacker
 
 def test_base(tmpdir_factory):
     pkg_dir = tmpdir_factory.mktemp("package")
+    pkg_dir.join(".git").mkdir().join("file").write("")
+    pkg_dir.join(".gitignore").write("tests")
+    pkg_dir.join("._ignored").write("")
     pkg_dir.join("main.cpp").write("#include <stdio.h>")
     p = PackagePacker(str(pkg_dir))
     # test missed manifest
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@ def test_base(tmpdir_factory):
         p.pack()
     with tarfile.open(os.path.join(str(pkg_dir), "foo-1.0.0.tar.gz"), "r:gz") as tar:
         assert set(tar.getnames()) == set(
-            ["include/main.h", "library.json", "main.cpp"]
+            [".gitignore", "include/main.h", "library.json", "main.cpp"]
         )