diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index c00be4161..065d2a7e6 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/src-ui/.vscode
 /src-ui/node_modules
 /src-ui/dist
 .git
@@ -5,3 +6,7 @@
 /consume
 /media
 /data
+/docs
+.pytest_cache
+/dist
+/scripts
diff --git a/scripts/make-release.sh b/scripts/make-release.sh
index b3b48073f..df8c8ab08 100755
--- a/scripts/make-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/make-release.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ mkdir "$PAPERLESS_DIST_APP/docker"
 # the application itself
 
 cp "$PAPERLESS_ROOT/.env" \
+  "$PAPERLESS_ROOT/.dockerignore" \
 	"$PAPERLESS_ROOT/CONTRIBUTING.md" \
 	"$PAPERLESS_ROOT/LICENSE" \
 	"$PAPERLESS_ROOT/Pipfile" \