diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 37dd96d28..edadf75c5 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -11,5 +11,10 @@ docs/
 networks/
 scratch/
 
+# Ignore build cache directories to avoid
+# errors when addings these to docker images
+build/.cache
+build/.golangci-lint
+
 go.work
 go.work.sum