diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b584a2953..d039ad5e5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -169,6 +169,15 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8d696c370c750c948ada61c69a0ee2cbbb9c50b1019ddb86d9317157a99c2cae"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bstr"
+version = "0.2.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ba3569f383e8f1598449f1a423e72e99569137b47740b1da11ef19af3d5c3223"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.8.0"
@@ -370,6 +379,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-utils"
+version = "0.8.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d82cfc11ce7f2c3faef78d8a684447b40d503d9681acebed6cb728d45940c4db"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "lazy_static",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto-mac"
 version = "0.10.1"
@@ -669,6 +688,19 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b919933a397b79c37e33b77bb2aa3dc8eb6e165ad809e58ff75bc7db2e34574"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "globset"
+version = "0.4.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "10463d9ff00a2a068db14231982f5132edebad0d7660cd956a1c30292dbcbfbd"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "bstr",
+ "fnv",
+ "log",
+ "regex",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "goblin"
 version = "0.4.3"
@@ -851,6 +883,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-normalization",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ignore"
+version = "0.4.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "713f1b139373f96a2e0ce3ac931cd01ee973c3c5dd7c40c0c2efe96ad2b6751d"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "globset",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "log",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex",
+ "same-file",
+ "thread_local",
+ "walkdir",
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "1.7.0"
@@ -967,6 +1017,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "glob",
  "goblin",
  "human-panic",
+ "ignore",
  "indoc",
  "keyring",
  "once_cell",
@@ -988,7 +1039,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "textwrap 0.14.2",
  "thiserror",
  "toml",
- "walkdir",
  "zip",
 ]
 
@@ -1892,6 +1942,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8018d24e04c95ac8790716a5987d0fec4f8b27249ffa0f7d33f1369bdfb88cbd"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.1.43"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7688bc2ec..3dabd953a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ structopt = "0.3.21"
 tar = "0.4.33"
 tempfile = "3.2.0"
 toml = "0.5.8"
-walkdir = "2.3.1"
 zip = "0.5.5"
 thiserror = "1.0.24"
 dirs = { version = "4.0.0", optional = true }
@@ -58,6 +57,7 @@ target-lexicon = "0.12.0"
 pyproject-toml = "0.3.0"
 python-pkginfo = "0.5.0"
 textwrap = "0.14.2"
+ignore = "0.4.18"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 indoc = "1.0.3"
diff --git a/src/module_writer.rs b/src/module_writer.rs
index eee400cf3..652acfdd5 100644
--- a/src/module_writer.rs
+++ b/src/module_writer.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::{Command, Output};
 use std::str;
 use tempfile::{tempdir, TempDir};
-use walkdir::WalkDir;
 use zip::{self, ZipWriter};
 
 /// Allows writing the module to a wheel or add it directly to the virtualenv
@@ -771,7 +770,9 @@ pub fn write_python_part(
     python_module: impl AsRef<Path>,
     module_name: impl AsRef<Path>,
 ) -> Result<()> {
-    for absolute in WalkDir::new(&python_module) {
+    use ignore::WalkBuilder;
+
+    for absolute in WalkBuilder::new(&python_module).hidden(false).build() {
         let absolute = absolute?.into_path();
 
         let relative = absolute.strip_prefix(python_module.as_ref().parent().unwrap())?;