diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 5c1b39b5..e2eeecfd 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ dockerfile_tests
 .coverage
 coverage.xml
 
+examples
+.circleci
+
 *.ipynb
 *.pyc
 *.tar