diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bf9f2c5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+__pycache__
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+*.pyd
+.git
+.github
+.pytest*
\ No newline at end of file