diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72e8ffc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 6a82d403..0fc5b641 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 # Text files
 dictionary text
 Dockerfile* text
+.dockerignore text
 .editorconfig text
 etcher text
 .git* text
diff --git a/scripts/build/docker/run-command.sh b/scripts/build/docker/run-command.sh
index b4a89ced..fdf9f677 100755
--- a/scripts/build/docker/run-command.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/docker/run-command.sh
@@ -65,11 +65,9 @@ fi
 
 IMAGE_ID="etcher-build-$ARGV_ARCHITECTURE"
 
-cp "$ARGV_SOURCE_CODE_DIRECTORY/.gitignore" "$ARGV_SOURCE_CODE_DIRECTORY/.dockerignore"
 docker build -f "$DOCKERFILE" -t "$IMAGE_ID" "$ARGV_SOURCE_CODE_DIRECTORY"
-rm -f "$ARGV_SOURCE_CODE_DIRECTORY/.dockerignore"
 
-# Docker complaints with: ". includes invalid characters for a local
+# Docker complains with: ". includes invalid characters for a local
 # volume name, only [a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_.-] are allowed" otherwise
 if [ "$ARGV_SOURCE_CODE_DIRECTORY" == "." ] ||
    [ "$ARGV_SOURCE_CODE_DIRECTORY" == "./" ]