diff --git a/gazelle/js/generate.go b/gazelle/js/generate.go
index ee6e7f5b8..1ebcb8a1b 100644
--- a/gazelle/js/generate.go
+++ b/gazelle/js/generate.go
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ func (ts *typeScriptLang) addPackageRule(cfg *JsGazelleConfig, args language.Gen
 	}
 
 	for _, impt := range packageImports {
+		if cfg.IsImportIgnored(impt) {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		if sourceFiles.Contains(impt) || dataFiles.Contains(impt) {
 			npmPackageInfo.sources.Add(impt)
 		} else {
diff --git a/gazelle/js/tests/npm_package_deps/exports-ignore/BUILD.in b/gazelle/js/tests/npm_package_deps/exports-ignore/BUILD.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e854f92d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gazelle/js/tests/npm_package_deps/exports-ignore/BUILD.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# gazelle:js_ignore_imports **/does-not-exist.js
diff --git a/gazelle/js/tests/npm_package_deps/exports-ignore/BUILD.out b/gazelle/js/tests/npm_package_deps/exports-ignore/BUILD.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c122205e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gazelle/js/tests/npm_package_deps/exports-ignore/BUILD.out
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+load("@aspect_rules_js//js:defs.bzl", "js_library")
+
+# gazelle:js_ignore_imports **/does-not-exist.js
+
+js_library(
+    name = "tsc",
+    srcs = ["lib1.js"],
+)
diff --git a/gazelle/js/tests/npm_package_deps/exports-ignore/lib1.js b/gazelle/js/tests/npm_package_deps/exports-ignore/lib1.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/gazelle/js/tests/npm_package_deps/exports-ignore/package.json b/gazelle/js/tests/npm_package_deps/exports-ignore/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..acdcfbc78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gazelle/js/tests/npm_package_deps/exports-ignore/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "name": "exports-ignore",
+  "private": true,
+  "exports": {
+    ".": {
+        "node": "./lib/does-not-exist.js"
+    },
+    "./bin": "./bin/does-not-exist.js",
+    "./dne": "./does-not-exist.js",
+    "./lib": "./lib1.js"
+  }
+}