diff --git a/controllers/ocirepository_controller.go b/controllers/ocirepository_controller.go
index ecec4891..8d1b4128 100644
--- a/controllers/ocirepository_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/ocirepository_controller.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime/events"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime/patch"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime/predicates"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/sourceignore"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/untar"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/version"
 	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
@@ -992,7 +993,20 @@ func (r *OCIRepositoryReconciler) reconcileArtifact(ctx context.Context, obj *so
 			return sreconcile.ResultEmpty, e
 		}
 	default:
-		if err := r.Storage.Archive(&artifact, dir, nil); err != nil {
+		// Load ignore rules for archiving.
+		ignoreDomain := strings.Split(dir, string(filepath.Separator))
+		ps, err := sourceignore.LoadIgnorePatterns(dir, ignoreDomain)
+		if err != nil {
+			return sreconcile.ResultEmpty, serror.NewGeneric(
+				fmt.Errorf("failed to load source ignore patterns from repository: %w", err),
+				"SourceIgnoreError",
+			)
+		}
+		if obj.Spec.Ignore != nil {
+			ps = append(ps, sourceignore.ReadPatterns(strings.NewReader(*obj.Spec.Ignore), ignoreDomain)...)
+		}
+
+		if err := r.Storage.Archive(&artifact, dir, SourceIgnoreFilter(ps, ignoreDomain)); err != nil {
 			e := serror.NewGeneric(
 				fmt.Errorf("unable to archive artifact to storage: %s", err),
 				sourcev1.ArchiveOperationFailedReason,
diff --git a/controllers/ocirepository_controller_test.go b/controllers/ocirepository_controller_test.go
index 01f5bbde..206ca2fe 100644
--- a/controllers/ocirepository_controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/ocirepository_controller_test.go
@@ -1392,6 +1392,27 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 			assertPaths: []string{
 				"latest.tar.gz",
 			},
+			afterFunc: func(g *WithT, obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository) {
+				g.Expect(obj.Status.Artifact.Checksum).To(Equal("de37cb640bfe6c789f2b131416d259747d5757f7fe5e1d9d48f32d8c30af5934"))
+			},
+			assertConditions: []metav1.Condition{
+				*conditions.TrueCondition(sourcev1.ArtifactInStorageCondition, meta.SucceededReason, "stored artifact for digest"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "Artifact with source ignore",
+			targetPath: "testdata/oci/repository",
+			artifact:   &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "revision"},
+			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository) {
+				obj.Spec.Ignore = pointer.String("foo.txt")
+			},
+			want: sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
+			assertPaths: []string{
+				"latest.tar.gz",
+			},
+			afterFunc: func(g *WithT, obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository) {
+				g.Expect(obj.Status.Artifact.Checksum).To(Equal("05aada03e3e3e96f5f85a8f31548d833974ce862be14942fb3313eef2df861ec"))
+			},
 			assertConditions: []metav1.Condition{
 				*conditions.TrueCondition(sourcev1.ArtifactInStorageCondition, meta.SucceededReason, "stored artifact for digest"),
 			},