diff --git a/.bazelignore b/.bazelignore
index 6385cc6e106..7ace587d0ff 100644
--- a/.bazelignore
+++ b/.bazelignore
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ third_party/envoy-api
 third_party/googleapis
 third_party/googletest
 third_party/opencensus-proto
+third_party/opentelemetry-cpp
 third_party/protobuf
 third_party/protoc-gen-validate
 third_party/re2