diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ab8aaa028d882cb28dfcb4cef143664bd2264e3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.cargo
+.git*
+doc
+gui
+test