diff --git a/django/bin/django-admin.py b/django/bin/django-admin.py
index fd2d96ad28..fefc20b9bd 100644
--- a/django/bin/django-admin.py
+++ b/django/bin/django-admin.py
@@ -314,6 +314,9 @@ def _start_helper(app_or_project, name, directory, other_name=''):
         relative_dir = d[len(template_dir)+1:].replace('%s_name' % app_or_project, name)
         if relative_dir:
             os.mkdir(os.path.join(top_dir, relative_dir))
+        for i, subdir in enumerate(subdirs):
+            if subdir.startswith('.'):
+                del subdirs[i]
         for f in files:
             fp_old = open(os.path.join(d, f), 'r')
             fp_new = open(os.path.join(top_dir, relative_dir, f.replace('%s_name' % app_or_project, name)), 'w')