diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 94b645886..71b226590 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ app/constants.php export-subst
 .scrutinizer.yml export-ignore
 .travis.yml export-ignore
 Dockerfile export-ignore
+docker-compose.yml export-ignore
 Makefile export-ignore
 README.md export-ignore
 Vagrantfile export-ignore
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 33d69a2f1..2cfa26009 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ archive:
 	@ rm -rf ${BUILD_DIR}/kanboard/Makefile
 	@ rm -rf ${BUILD_DIR}/kanboard/Vagrantfile
 	@ rm -rf ${BUILD_DIR}/kanboard/Dockerfile
+	@ rm -rf ${BUILD_DIR}/kanboard/docker-compose.yml
 	@ rm -rf ${BUILD_DIR}/kanboard/.*.yml
 	@ rm -rf ${BUILD_DIR}/kanboard/*.md
 	@ rm -rf ${BUILD_DIR}/kanboard/*.markdown