diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 0fbda481b..95c7af355 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -16,4 +16,7 @@
 !/dist
 
 # include licenses
-!LICENSE-*
\ No newline at end of file
+!LICENSE-*
+
+# include example files
+!/examples