diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index fdf855466..86b8160d0 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -373,6 +373,10 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
                         src: 'CHANGELOG.md',
                         dest: 'packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/public/red/about'
                     },
+                    {
+                        src: 'CHANGELOG.md',
+                        dest: 'packages/node_modules/node-red/'
+                    },
                     {
                         cwd: 'packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/ace/bin/',
                         src: '**',
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/node-red/.gitignore b/packages/node_modules/node-red/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b763b1ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/node_modules/node-red/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CHANGELOG.md