diff --git a/proxyd/proxyd/Dockerfile.ignore b/proxyd/proxyd/Dockerfile.ignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eac1d0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxyd/proxyd/Dockerfile.ignore
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+# ignore everything but proxyd, proxyd defines all its dependencies in the go.mod
+*
+!/proxyd