diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 85312f5d..54175491 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ./.*
+# Allow .git to get copied into the container so we can use it in hack/get-ldflags.sh during build.
+!/.git
 ./*.md
 ./*.yaml
 ./apis