diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index f24e762..29a756d 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ node_modules/
 .env.local
 .env.*.local
 
-# Exclude all target/ content, then selectively re-include linux release binaries
+# Exclude all target/ content, then selectively re-include release binaries
 target/
+!target/release/
 !target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/