diff --git a/cli/tests/integration/fmt_tests.rs b/cli/tests/integration/fmt_tests.rs
index 3f4bc15cbe..048e9aa216 100644
--- a/cli/tests/integration/fmt_tests.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/integration/fmt_tests.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ fn fmt_ignore_unexplicit_files() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn fmt_auto_ignore_git() {
+fn fmt_auto_ignore_git_and_node_modules() {
   use std::fs::{create_dir_all, File};
   use std::io::Write;
   use std::path::PathBuf;
@@ -139,10 +139,16 @@ fn fmt_auto_ignore_git() {
   let t = temp_dir.path().join("target");
   let nest_git = t.join("nest").join(".git");
   let git_dir = t.join(".git");
+  let nest_node_modules = t.join("nest").join("node_modules");
+  let node_modules_dir = t.join("node_modules");
   create_dir_all(&nest_git).unwrap();
   create_dir_all(&git_dir).unwrap();
+  create_dir_all(&nest_node_modules).unwrap();
+  create_dir_all(&node_modules_dir).unwrap();
   create_bad_json(nest_git);
   create_bad_json(git_dir);
+  create_bad_json(nest_node_modules);
+  create_bad_json(node_modules_dir);
   let output = util::deno_cmd()
     .current_dir(t)
     .env("NO_COLOR", "1")
diff --git a/cli/tools/fmt.rs b/cli/tools/fmt.rs
index 4e399bcf56..7758f29f9c 100644
--- a/cli/tools/fmt.rs
+++ b/cli/tools/fmt.rs
@@ -94,8 +94,11 @@ pub async fn format(
     maybe_fmt_config.map(|c| c.options).unwrap_or_default(),
   );
 
-  let fmt_predicate =
-    |path: &Path| is_supported_ext_fmt(path) && !is_contain_git(path);
+  let fmt_predicate = |path: &Path| {
+    is_supported_ext_fmt(path)
+      && !contains_git(path)
+      && !contains_node_modules(path)
+  };
 
   let resolver = |changed: Option<Vec<PathBuf>>| {
     let files_changed = changed.is_some();
@@ -730,10 +733,14 @@ fn is_supported_ext_fmt(path: &Path) -> bool {
   }
 }
 
-fn is_contain_git(path: &Path) -> bool {
+fn contains_git(path: &Path) -> bool {
   path.components().any(|c| c.as_os_str() == ".git")
 }
 
+fn contains_node_modules(path: &Path) -> bool {
+  path.components().any(|c| c.as_os_str() == "node_modules")
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
   use super::*;
@@ -767,10 +774,22 @@ mod test {
 
   #[test]
   fn test_is_located_in_git() {
-    assert!(is_contain_git(Path::new("test/.git")));
-    assert!(is_contain_git(Path::new(".git/bad.json")));
-    assert!(is_contain_git(Path::new("test/.git/bad.json")));
-    assert!(!is_contain_git(Path::new("test/bad.git/bad.json")));
+    assert!(contains_git(Path::new("test/.git")));
+    assert!(contains_git(Path::new(".git/bad.json")));
+    assert!(contains_git(Path::new("test/.git/bad.json")));
+    assert!(!contains_git(Path::new("test/bad.git/bad.json")));
+  }
+
+  #[test]
+  fn test_is_located_in_node_modules() {
+    assert!(contains_node_modules(Path::new("test/node_modules")));
+    assert!(contains_node_modules(Path::new("node_modules/bad.json")));
+    assert!(contains_node_modules(Path::new(
+      "test/node_modules/bad.json"
+    )));
+    assert!(!contains_node_modules(Path::new(
+      "test/bad.node_modules/bad.json"
+    )));
   }
 
   #[test]