diff --git a/cli/pack/common.go b/cli/pack/common.go
index 3f352da37..eae84ebc7 100644
--- a/cli/pack/common.go
+++ b/cli/pack/common.go
@@ -277,14 +277,30 @@ func getDestAppDir(bundleEnvPath, appName string,
 
 // copyApplications copies applications from current env to the result bundle.
 func copyApplications(bundleEnvPath string, packCtx *PackCtx,
-	cliOpts, newOpts *config.CliOpts) error {
-	var err error
+	cliOpts, newOpts *config.CliOpts, toIgnore map[string]struct{}) error {
 	for appName, instances := range packCtx.AppsInfo {
 		if len(instances) == 0 {
 			return fmt.Errorf("application %q does not have any instances", appName)
 		}
 		inst := instances[0]
 		appPath := inst.AppDir
+
+		projectPath := filepath.Dir(packCtx.configFilePath)
+		relAppPath, err := filepath.Rel(projectPath, appPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		relAppPathUnix := filepath.ToSlash(relAppPath)
+
+		ignore, err := shouldIgnore(relAppPathUnix, toIgnore)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if ignore {
+			log.Infof("Application %s found in .packignore, skipping it...", appName)
+			continue
+		}
+
 		if inst.IsFileApp {
 			appPath = inst.InstanceScript
 			resolvedAppPath, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(appPath)
@@ -363,6 +379,12 @@ func prepareBundle(cmdCtx *cmdcontext.CmdCtx, packCtx *PackCtx,
 	packCtx.AppList = getAppNamesToPack(packCtx)
 	log.Infof("Apps to pack: %s", strings.Join(packCtx.AppList, " "))
 
+	projectPath := filepath.Dir(packCtx.configFilePath)
+	ignorePatterns, err := readPackIgnore(projectPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to read .packignore: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	if bundleEnvPath, err = updateEnvPath(bundleEnvPath, packCtx, cliOpts); err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -373,12 +395,12 @@ func prepareBundle(cmdCtx *cmdcontext.CmdCtx, packCtx *PackCtx,
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("error copying binaries: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	if err = copyApplications(bundleEnvPath, packCtx, cliOpts, newOpts); err != nil {
+	if err = copyApplications(bundleEnvPath, packCtx, cliOpts, newOpts, ignorePatterns); err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("error copying applications: %s", err)
 	}
 
 	if packCtx.Archive.All {
-		if err = copyArtifacts(*packCtx, bundleEnvPath, newOpts, packCtx.AppsInfo); err != nil {
+		if err = copyArtifacts(*packCtx, bundleEnvPath, newOpts, packCtx.AppsInfo, ignorePatterns); err != nil {
 			return "", fmt.Errorf("failed copying artifacts: %s", err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -425,7 +447,7 @@ func copyAppSrc(packCtx *PackCtx, cliOpts *config.CliOpts, srcAppPath, dstAppPat
 // copyArtifacts copies all artifacts from the current bundle configuration
 // to the passed package structure from the passed path.
 func copyArtifacts(packCtx PackCtx, basePath string, newOpts *config.CliOpts,
-	appsInfo map[string][]running.InstanceCtx) error {
+	appsInfo map[string][]running.InstanceCtx, toIgnore map[string]struct{}) error {
 
 	for _, appName := range packCtx.AppList {
 		for _, inst := range appsInfo[appName] {
diff --git a/cli/pack/ignore.go b/cli/pack/ignore.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82139d7c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/pack/ignore.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package pack
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// readPackIgnore reads the .packignore file and returns a slice of ignore patterns.
+func readPackIgnore(projectPath string) (map[string]struct{}, error) {
+	ignoreFilePath := filepath.Join(projectPath, ".packignore")
+	file, err := os.Open(ignoreFilePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return map[string]struct{}{}, nil
+		}
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	patterns := make(map[string]struct{})
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := scanner.Text()
+		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+		if line == "" || strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") {
+			continue
+		}
+		patterns[line] = struct{}{}
+	}
+
+	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return patterns, nil
+}
+
+// shouldIgnore checks if the given file path matches any of the ignore patterns.
+func shouldIgnore(path string, patterns map[string]struct{}) (bool, error) {
+	for pattern := range patterns {
+		pattern = filepath.ToSlash(pattern)
+		filePath := filepath.ToSlash(path)
+
+		if strings.HasSuffix(pattern, "/") {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(filePath, pattern) {
+				return true, nil
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
+		match, err := filepath.Match(pattern, filePath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		if match {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return false, nil
+}
diff --git a/test/integration/pack/test_bundles/bundle_with_packignore/.packignore b/test/integration/pack/test_bundles/bundle_with_packignore/.packignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c967c2c79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/pack/test_bundles/bundle_with_packignore/.packignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+app.lua
+instances_enabled/app1.lua
+instances_enabled/app1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/integration/pack/test_bundles/bundle_with_packignore/app.lua b/test/integration/pack/test_bundles/bundle_with_packignore/app.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/test/integration/pack/test_bundles/bundle_with_packignore/app2 b/test/integration/pack/test_bundles/bundle_with_packignore/app2
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..6ecb93242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/pack/test_bundles/bundle_with_packignore/app2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../bundle1/app2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/integration/pack/test_bundles/bundle_with_packignore/instances_enabled b/test/integration/pack/test_bundles/bundle_with_packignore/instances_enabled
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..09f8b996f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/pack/test_bundles/bundle_with_packignore/instances_enabled
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../bundle1/instances_enabled
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/integration/pack/test_bundles/bundle_with_packignore/modules b/test/integration/pack/test_bundles/bundle_with_packignore/modules
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..363353b32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/pack/test_bundles/bundle_with_packignore/modules
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../bundle1/modules
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/integration/pack/test_bundles/bundle_with_packignore/tt.yaml b/test/integration/pack/test_bundles/bundle_with_packignore/tt.yaml
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..409358505
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/pack/test_bundles/bundle_with_packignore/tt.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../bundle1/tt.yaml
\ No newline at end of file