diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 8f42cf3e5..219ceda37 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@ dist
 static
 node_modules
 
-mpcontribs-api/flasgger
-mpcontribs-api/flask-mongorest
-mpcontribs-api/marshmallow-mongoengine
-mpcontribs-api/mimerender
-mpcontribs-api/mpcontribs/api/swagger
-
 mpcontribs-portal/mpcontribs/users/qmcdb
 mpcontribs-portal/mpcontribs/portal/templates/notebooks
 mpcontribs-portal/notebooks/*/data/*
diff --git a/mpcontribs-api/.dockerignore b/mpcontribs-api/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9766e570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mpcontribs-api/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+.git*
+
+**/.git*
+**/*.egg-info
+**/*.pyc
+**/__pycache__
+**/docs
+**/example*
+**/test*
+**/.tox
+**/.eggs
+
+mpcontribs/api/swagger
+mpcontribs/api/contributions/formulae.json.gz
+marshmallow-mongoengine/db
+mimerender/debian