diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/templates/app/winuwp.tmpl/.gitignore b/packages/flutter_tools/templates/app/winuwp.tmpl/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d492d0d98c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/templates/app/winuwp.tmpl/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+flutter/ephemeral/
+
+# Visual Studio user-specific files.
+*.suo
+*.user
+*.userosscache
+*.sln.docstates
+
+# Visual Studio build-related files.
+x64/
+x86/
+
+# Visual Studio cache files
+# files ending in .cache can be ignored
+*.[Cc]ache
+# but keep track of directories ending in .cache
+!*.[Cc]ache/
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/templates/template_manifest.json b/packages/flutter_tools/templates/template_manifest.json
index e14f3c89fc..d929f22096 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/templates/template_manifest.json
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/templates/template_manifest.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
         "templates/app/pubspec.yaml.tmpl",
         "templates/app/README.md.tmpl",
         "templates/app/test/widget_test.dart.tmpl",
+        "templates/app/winuwp.tmpl/.gitignore",
 
         "templates/app_shared/.gitignore.tmpl",
         "templates/app_shared/.idea/libraries/Dart_SDK.xml.tmpl",