diff --git a/integration/.containerignore b/integration/.containerignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 31b37763d..000000000
--- a/integration/.containerignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# A .containerignore file to make sure containerignore support works
-ignore/**
-!ignore/foo
diff --git a/integration/dockerfiles/Dockerfile_dockerignore_relative.containerignore b/integration/dockerfiles/Dockerfile_dockerignore_relative.containerignore
deleted file mode 100644
index c825fe6c8..000000000
--- a/integration/dockerfiles/Dockerfile_dockerignore_relative.containerignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# A .containerignore file to make sure containerignore support works
-ignore_relative/**
-!ignore_relative/foo
diff --git a/pkg/util/fs_util.go b/pkg/util/fs_util.go
index 864c443a6..8b2ad95af 100644
--- a/pkg/util/fs_util.go
+++ b/pkg/util/fs_util.go
@@ -773,8 +773,7 @@ func NewFileContextFromDockerfile(dockerfilePath, buildcontext string) (FileCont
 	return fileContext, nil
 }
 
-// getExcludedFiles returns a list of files to exclude from the .dockerignore
-func getExcludedFiles(dockerfilePath, buildcontext string) ([]string, error) {
+func getIgnoreFilePath(dockerfilePath, buildcontext string) (string, error) {
 	var path string
 
 	dockerignorePath := dockerfilePath + ".dockerignore"
@@ -788,8 +787,14 @@ func getExcludedFiles(dockerfilePath, buildcontext string) ([]string, error) {
 	} else if FilepathExists(filepath.Join(buildcontext, ".dockerignore")) {
 		path = filepath.Join(buildcontext, ".dockerignore")
 	} else {
-		return nil, nil
+		return "", errors.New("Ignore file not found")
 	}
+	return path, nil
+}
+
+// getExcludedFiles returns a list of files to exclude from the .containerignore or .dockerignore
+func getExcludedFiles(dockerfilePath, buildcontext string) ([]string, error) {
+	path, _ := getIgnoreFilePath(dockerfilePath, buildcontext)
 	logrus.Infof("Using ignorefile: %v", path)
 	contents, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/util/fs_util_test.go b/pkg/util/fs_util_test.go
index 9bd44c835..6522bda16 100644
--- a/pkg/util/fs_util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/fs_util_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/fs"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
@@ -920,6 +921,84 @@ func Test_childDirInSkiplist(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func Test_getIgnoreFilePath(t *testing.T) {
+	dockerfilePath := filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), "Dockerfile")
+	buildcontext := filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), "buildcontext")
+
+	err := os.MkdirAll(buildcontext, 0755)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("'%v' folder cannot be created", buildcontext)
+	}
+
+	cleanup := func() {
+		os.Remove(dockerfilePath + ".containerignore")
+		os.Remove(dockerfilePath + ".dockerignore")
+		os.Remove(filepath.Join(buildcontext, ".containerignore"))
+		os.Remove(filepath.Join(buildcontext, ".dockerignore"))
+	}
+
+	t.Run(".containerignore exists next to Dockerfile", func(t *testing.T) {
+		err := ioutil.WriteFile(dockerfilePath+".containerignore", []byte("foo"), 0644)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("cannot create '%v'.containerignore", dockerfilePath)
+		}
+		path, err := getIgnoreFilePath(dockerfilePath, buildcontext)
+		expectedPath := dockerfilePath + ".containerignore"
+		if err != nil || path != expectedPath {
+			t.Errorf("expected '%v', got '%v', error: '%v'", expectedPath, path, err)
+		}
+
+		cleanup()
+	})
+
+	t.Run(".containerignore exists in the buildcontext", func(t *testing.T) {
+		err := ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(buildcontext, ".containerignore"), []byte("foo"), 0644)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("cannot create '%v'.containerignore", buildcontext)
+		}
+		path, err := getIgnoreFilePath(dockerfilePath, buildcontext)
+		expectedPath := filepath.Join(buildcontext, ".containerignore")
+		if err != nil || path != expectedPath {
+			t.Errorf("expected '%v', got '%v', error: '%v'", expectedPath, path, err)
+		}
+
+		cleanup()
+	})
+
+	t.Run(".dockerignore exists next to Dockerfile", func(t *testing.T) {
+		err := ioutil.WriteFile(dockerfilePath+".dockerignore", []byte("foo"), 0644)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("cannot create '%v'.dockerignore", dockerfilePath)
+		}
+		path, err := getIgnoreFilePath(dockerfilePath, buildcontext)
+		expectedPath := dockerfilePath + ".dockerignore"
+		if err != nil || path != expectedPath {
+			t.Errorf("expected '%v', got '%v', error: '%v'", expectedPath, path, err)
+		}
+
+		cleanup()
+	})
+
+	t.Run(".dockerignore exists in the buildcontext", func(t *testing.T) {
+		err := ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(buildcontext, ".dockerignore"), []byte("foo"), 0644)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("cannot create '%v'.dockerignore", buildcontext)
+		}
+		path, err := getIgnoreFilePath(dockerfilePath, buildcontext)
+		expectedPath := filepath.Join(buildcontext, ".dockerignore")
+		if err != nil || path != expectedPath {
+			t.Errorf("expected '%v', got '%v', error: '%v'", expectedPath, path, err)
+		}
+
+		cleanup()
+	})
+
+	err = os.RemoveAll(buildcontext)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("cannot clean '%v' folder", buildcontext)
+	}
+}
+
 func Test_correctDockerignoreFileIsUsed(t *testing.T) {
 	type args struct {
 		dockerfilepath string