diff --git a/bin/build-configs b/bin/build-configs
index 9170c1b..ed873dd 100755
--- a/bin/build-configs
+++ b/bin/build-configs
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ $app->command(
         $io->info("Building configuration for {$configurationData['name']}.");
 
         $filesToGenerate = collect([
+            ['common/.dockerignore', '.dockerignore'],
             ['env.example', '.env.example'],
         ]);
 
diff --git a/templates/common/.dockerignore.twig b/templates/common/.dockerignore.twig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b276be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/common/.dockerignore.twig
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/.github
+/README.md