diff --git a/integration/dockerignore.go b/integration/dockerignore.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f16f2fec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/dockerignore.go
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2018 Google LLC
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package integration
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var filesToIgnore = []string{"ignore/fo*", "!ignore/foobar", "ignore/Dockerfile_test_ignore"}
+
+const (
+	ignoreDir                = "ignore"
+	ignoreDockerfile         = "Dockerfile_test_ignore"
+	ignoreDockerfileContents = `FROM scratch
+	COPY . .`
+)
+
+// Set up a test dir to ignore with the structure:
+// ignore
+//  -- Dockerfile_test_ignore
+//  -- foo
+//  -- foobar
+
+func setupIgnoreTestDir() error {
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(ignoreDir, 0750); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// Create and write contents to dockerfile
+	path := filepath.Join(ignoreDir, ignoreDockerfile)
+	f, err := os.Create(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+	if _, err := f.Write([]byte(ignoreDockerfileContents)); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	additionalFiles := []string{"ignore/foo", "ignore/foobar"}
+	for _, add := range additionalFiles {
+		a, err := os.Create(add)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer a.Close()
+	}
+	return generateDockerIgnore()
+}
+
+// generate the .dockerignore file
+func generateDockerIgnore() error {
+	f, err := os.Create(".dockerignore")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+	contents := strings.Join(filesToIgnore, "\n")
+	if _, err := f.Write([]byte(contents)); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func generateDockerignoreImages(imageRepo string) error {
+
+	dockerfilePath := filepath.Join(ignoreDir, ignoreDockerfile)
+
+	dockerImage := strings.ToLower(imageRepo + dockerPrefix + ignoreDockerfile)
+	dockerCmd := exec.Command("docker", "build",
+		"-t", dockerImage,
+		"-f", path.Join(dockerfilePath),
+		".")
+	_, err := RunCommandWithoutTest(dockerCmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to build image %s with docker command \"%s\": %s", dockerImage, dockerCmd.Args, err)
+	}
+
+	_, ex, _, _ := runtime.Caller(0)
+	cwd := filepath.Dir(ex)
+	kanikoImage := GetKanikoImage(imageRepo, ignoreDockerfile)
+	kanikoCmd := exec.Command("docker",
+		"run",
+		"-v", os.Getenv("HOME")+"/.config/gcloud:/root/.config/gcloud",
+		"-v", cwd+":/workspace",
+		ExecutorImage,
+		"-f", path.Join(buildContextPath, dockerfilePath),
+		"-d", kanikoImage,
+		"-c", buildContextPath)
+
+	_, err = RunCommandWithoutTest(kanikoCmd)
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/integration/integration_test.go b/integration/integration_test.go
index 313d8f053..f7867c14b 100644
--- a/integration/integration_test.go
+++ b/integration/integration_test.go
@@ -275,6 +275,34 @@ func TestCache(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDockerignore(t *testing.T) {
+	// TODO (priyawadhwa@): remove this once .dockerignore is implemented correctly
+	t.Skip()
+
+	t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("test_%s", ignoreDockerfile), func(t *testing.T) {
+		if err := setupIgnoreTestDir(); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error setting up ignore test dir: %v", err)
+		}
+		if err := generateDockerignoreImages(config.imageRepo); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error generating dockerignore test images: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		dockerImage := GetDockerImage(config.imageRepo, ignoreDockerfile)
+		kanikoImage := GetKanikoImage(config.imageRepo, ignoreDockerfile)
+
+		// container-diff
+		daemonDockerImage := daemonPrefix + dockerImage
+		containerdiffCmd := exec.Command("container-diff", "diff",
+			daemonDockerImage, kanikoImage,
+			"-q", "--type=file", "--type=metadata", "--json")
+		diff := RunCommand(containerdiffCmd, t)
+		t.Logf("diff = %s", string(diff))
+
+		expected := fmt.Sprintf(emptyContainerDiff, dockerImage, kanikoImage, dockerImage, kanikoImage)
+		checkContainerDiffOutput(t, diff, expected)
+	})
+}
+
 type fileDiff struct {
 	Name string
 	Size int