diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index 8c975c9907..f1bf732434 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-# use glob syntax
-syntax: glob
+syntax: regex
+^src/packages/(?!repositories.config$)
 
+syntax: glob
 *.obj
 *.exe
 *.pdb
@@ -51,4 +52,3 @@ src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Views/*.cshtml
 src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Views/*.vbhtml
 src/Umbraco.Tests/config/umbracoSettings.config
 src/Umbraco.Web.UI/App_Plugins/*
-src/packages/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/packages/repositories.config b/src/packages/repositories.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5eee4ae449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/packages/repositories.config
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<repositories>
+  <repository path="..\Umbraco.Core\packages.config" />
+  <repository path="..\Umbraco.Tests\packages.config" />
+  <repository path="..\Umbraco.Web.UI\packages.config" />
+</repositories>
\ No newline at end of file