diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
deleted file mode 120000
index 3e4e48b0..00000000
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..472415ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+.#*
+dist
+build
+*.tar.gz
+*.egg-info
+*.py[co]
+__pycache__
+MANIFEST
+
+.DS_Store
+.cache
+
+repo2docker/s2i
+
+^bin/
+lib/
+lib64/
+share/
+include/
+
+# Docs
+generated/
+test_file_text.txt
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4284d864..472415ec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ repo2docker/s2i
 
 ^bin/
 lib/
+lib64/
 share/
 include/