diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 487e5b151c1..46e140101cf 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -12,5 +12,8 @@
 !LICENSE.txt
 # Exclude build droppings, as mentioned in .gitignore
 src/build*
+# Exclude tests
+src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/*/tests
+# Exclude python cache
 **/*.pyc
 **/__pycache__