diff --git a/seed.sh b/seed.sh
index 6bb0954..ca22e04 100755
--- a/seed.sh
+++ b/seed.sh
@@ -76,6 +76,16 @@ cleanup() {
     else
       note "No logs available to display."
     fi
+
+    if [ -f ".dockerignore.bak" ]; then
+      note "Restoring .dockerignore from .dockerignore.bak"
+      mv .dockerignore.bak .dockerignore
+      if [ ! -f ".dockerignore" ]; then
+        fail "Unable to restore .dockerignore from .dockerignore.bak"
+        exit 1
+      fi
+      pass "Restored .dockerignore from .dockerignore.bak"
+    fi
   fi
 }
 
@@ -185,6 +195,16 @@ fi
 note "Destination image: ${DST_IMAGE}"
 note "Destination platform(s): ${DESTINATION_PLATFORMS}"
 
+if [ -f ".dockerignore" ]; then
+  note "Moving .dockerignore to .dockerignore.bak"
+  mv .dockerignore .dockerignore.bak
+  if [ ! -f ".dockerignore.bak" ]; then
+    fail "Unable to move .dockerignore to .dockerignore.bak"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  pass "Moved .dockerignore to .dockerignore.bak"
+fi
+
 info "Stage 1: Produce database structure files from dump file"
 
 task "Pulling the base image ${BASE_IMAGE}."
@@ -238,5 +258,15 @@ cid="$(get_started_container_id "${DST_IMAGE}")"
 assert_db_was_imported "${cid}" 1000
 stop_container "${cid}"
 
+if [ -f ".dockerignore.bak" ]; then
+  note "Restoring .dockerignore from .dockerignore.bak"
+  mv .dockerignore.bak .dockerignore
+  if [ ! -f ".dockerignore" ]; then
+    fail "Unable to restore .dockerignore from .dockerignore.bak"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  pass "Restored .dockerignore from .dockerignore.bak"
+fi
+
 info "Finished database seeding."
 note "https://hub.docker.com/r/${DST_IMAGE%:*}/tags"
diff --git a/tests/bats/seed.bats b/tests/bats/seed.bats
index 473dad4..f20a201 100644
--- a/tests/bats/seed.bats
+++ b/tests/bats/seed.bats
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #
 # Make sure to commit the source code change before running the tests as it
 # copies the source code at the last commit to the test directory.
+#
+# shellcheck disable=SC2030,SC2031
 
 load _helper
 
@@ -71,3 +73,64 @@ load _helper
   run docker exec --user 1000 "${cid}" /usr/bin/mysql -e "use drupal;show tables;" drupal
   assert_output_contains "users"
 }
+
+@test "Seeding of the data works with .dockerignore" {
+  tag="${TEST_DOCKER_TAG_PREFIX}$(random_string_lower)"
+  export BASE_IMAGE="drevops/mariadb-drupal-data-test:${tag}-base"
+  dst_image="drevops/mariadb-drupal-data-test:${tag}-dst"
+
+  step "Prepare .dockerignore file."
+  echo ".db-structure" >.dockerignore
+  assert_file_not_exists .dockerignore.bak
+
+  step "Prepare base image."
+
+  substep "Copying fixture DB dump."
+  file="${BUILD_DIR}/db.sql"
+  cp "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/fixtures/db.sql" "${file}"
+
+  substep "Build and push a fresh base image tagged with ${BASE_IMAGE}."
+  docker buildx build --platform "${BUILDX_PLATFORMS}" --load --push --no-cache -t "${BASE_IMAGE}" .
+
+  step "Assert seeding without mysql upgrade works."
+
+  # Pass the destination platform to the seeding script.
+  # Note that the name for the variable `BUILDX_PLATFORMS` in the test was
+  # chosen to be different from the `DESTINATION_PLATFORMS` in the seeding
+  # script to separate building images when preparing the test environment
+  # from the seeding process.
+  export DESTINATION_PLATFORMS="${BUILDX_PLATFORMS}"
+  substep "Run DB seeding script for ${dst_image} from the base image ${BASE_IMAGE} for destination platform(s) ${DESTINATION_PLATFORMS}."
+  ./seed.sh "${file}" "${dst_image}" >&3
+  assert_file_not_exists .dockerignore.bak
+
+  substep "Start container from the seeded image ${dst_image}."
+  # Start container with a non-root user to imitate limited host permissions.
+  cid=$(docker run --user 1000 -d "${dst_image}" 2>&3)
+
+  wait_mysql "${cid}"
+
+  substep "Assert that data was captured into the new image."
+  run docker exec --user 1000 "${cid}" /usr/bin/mysql -e "use drupal;show tables;" drupal
+  assert_output_contains "users"
+
+  substep "Assert that the mysql upgrade was skipped by default."
+  run docker logs "${cid}"
+  assert_output_not_contains "starting mysql upgrade"
+
+  step "Assert mysql upgrade works in container started from already seeded image."
+
+  substep "Start container from the seeded image ${dst_image} and request an upgrade."
+  # Start container with a non-root user to imitate limited host permissions.
+  cid=$(docker run --user 1000 -d -e FORCE_MYSQL_UPGRADE=1 "${dst_image}")
+
+  wait_mysql "${cid}"
+
+  substep "Assert that the mysql upgrade was performed."
+  run docker logs "${cid}"
+  assert_output_contains "starting mysql upgrade"
+
+  substep "Assert that data is present in the new image after the upgrade."
+  run docker exec --user 1000 "${cid}" /usr/bin/mysql -e "use drupal;show tables;" drupal
+  assert_output_contains "users"
+}