diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b8710a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.git
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 142f01e..b23e883 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
++ Excluded `.git` directories from Docker image
+
 ## [2.3.1] - 2019-02-10
 
 ### Fixed