diff --git a/common/changes/@microsoft/rush/main_2026-03-21-02-27.json b/common/changes/@microsoft/rush/main_2026-03-21-02-27.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53cd63bc6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/@microsoft/rush/main_2026-03-21-02-27.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "@microsoft/rush",
+      "comment": "Fix an issue where the assets used by `rush init` weren't shipped.",
+      "type": "none"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@microsoft/rush"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/rush-lib/.npmignore b/libraries/rush-lib/.npmignore
index 9b4fc2e20c..b01dc3a04d 100644
--- a/libraries/rush-lib/.npmignore
+++ b/libraries/rush-lib/.npmignore
@@ -42,3 +42,6 @@
 # Exclude intermediate build outputs (not shipped)
 /lib-intermediate-*/**
 /lib-commonjs/**/*.exports.json
+
+# Include assets used by `rush init`
+!/assets/**