diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.dockerignore b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.dockerignore
index 5518e60af..7369480e3 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.dockerignore
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.dockerignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 .readthedocs.yml
 .travis.yml
 venv
+.git