diff --git a/.changeset/tame-mangos-lie.md b/.changeset/tame-mangos-lie.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65c17c362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tame-mangos-lie.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'skuba': patch
+---
+
+Ignore the .git folder when copying into the Docker container.
+This should decrease build times.
diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index bc56d0a6e..5a3a77b24 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.git/
 .idea/
 .serverless/
 .vscode/
diff --git a/src/cli/configure/analysis/__snapshots__/project.test.ts.snap b/src/cli/configure/analysis/__snapshots__/project.test.ts.snap
index 20675e8ef..fdf641881 100644
--- a/src/cli/configure/analysis/__snapshots__/project.test.ts.snap
+++ b/src/cli/configure/analysis/__snapshots__/project.test.ts.snap
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ exports[`diffFiles works from scratch 1`] = `
 Object {
   ".dockerignore": Object {
     "data": "# managed by skuba
+.git/
 .idea/
 .serverless/
 .vscode/
diff --git a/template/base/_.dockerignore b/template/base/_.dockerignore
index c2aa9db21..604937ba6 100644
--- a/template/base/_.dockerignore
+++ b/template/base/_.dockerignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # managed by skuba
+.git/
 .idea/
 .serverless/
 .vscode/