diff --git a/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy-collection/tasks/build.yml b/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy-collection/tasks/build.yml
index a5ba1d47e93..7e4a5ed65dd 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy-collection/tasks/build.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy-collection/tasks/build.yml
@@ -51,3 +51,26 @@
     that:
     - '"use --force to re-create the collection artifact" in build_existing_no_force.stderr'
     - '"Created collection for ansible_test.my_collection" in build_existing_force.stdout'
+
+- name: build collection containing ignored files
+  command: ansible-galaxy collection build
+  args:
+    chdir: '{{ galaxy_dir }}/scratch/ansible_test/ignore'
+
+- name: list the created tar contents
+  command: tar -tf {{ galaxy_dir }}/scratch/ansible_test/ignore/ansible_test-ignore-1.0.0.tar.gz
+  args:
+    warn: false
+  register: tar_output
+
+- name: assert ignored files are not present in the archive
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - item not in tar_output.stdout_lines
+  loop: '{{ collection_ignored_files }}'
+
+- name: assert ignored directories are not present in the archive
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - item not in tar_output.stdout_lines
+  loop: '{{ collection_ignored_directories }}'
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy-collection/tasks/init.yml b/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy-collection/tasks/init.yml
index 15ec5eabbcd..a57cafc37eb 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy-collection/tasks/init.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy-collection/tasks/init.yml
@@ -42,3 +42,34 @@
     - (init_custom_path_actual.files | map(attribute='path') | list)[0] | basename in ['docs', 'plugins', 'roles']
     - (init_custom_path_actual.files | map(attribute='path') | list)[1] | basename in ['docs', 'plugins', 'roles']
     - (init_custom_path_actual.files | map(attribute='path') | list)[2] | basename in ['docs', 'plugins', 'roles']
+
+- name: create collection for ignored files and folders
+  command: ansible-galaxy collection init ansible_test.ignore
+  args:
+    chdir: '{{ galaxy_dir }}/scratch'
+
+- name: create list of ignored files
+  set_fact:
+    collection_ignored_files:
+    - plugins/compiled.pyc
+    - something.retry
+    - .git
+
+- name: plant ignored files into the ansible_test.ignore collection
+  copy:
+    dest: '{{ galaxy_dir }}/scratch/ansible_test/ignore/{{ item }}'
+    content: '{{ item }}'
+  loop: '{{ collection_ignored_files }}'
+
+- name: create list of ignored directories
+  set_fact:
+    collection_ignored_directories:
+    - docs/.git
+    - plugins/doc_fragments/__pycache__
+    - .svn
+
+- name: plant ignored folders into the ansible_test.ignore collection
+  file:
+    path: '{{ galaxy_dir }}/scratch/ansible_test/ignore/{{ item }}'
+    state: directory
+  loop: '{{ collection_ignored_directories }}'