diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 692dad2d..45c19f93 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - `libcnb-cargo`:
   - No longer outputs paths for non-libcnb.rs and non-meta buildpacks. ([#657](https://github.com/heroku/libcnb.rs/pull/657))
   - Build output for humans changed slightly, output intended for machines/scripting didn't change. ([#657](https://github.com/heroku/libcnb.rs/pull/657))
+  - When performing buildpack detection, standard ignore files (`.ignore` and `.gitignore`) will be respected. ([#673](https://github.com/heroku/libcnb.rs/pull/673))
 
 ## [0.14.0] - 2023-08-18
 
diff --git a/libcnb-cargo/src/package/command.rs b/libcnb-cargo/src/package/command.rs
index 668dbb4b..351e0854 100644
--- a/libcnb-cargo/src/package/command.rs
+++ b/libcnb-cargo/src/package/command.rs
@@ -61,9 +61,8 @@ pub(crate) fn execute(args: &PackageArgs) -> Result<(), Error> {
     };
 
     eprintln!("🏗️ Building buildpack dependency graph...");
-    let buildpack_dependency_graph =
-        build_libcnb_buildpacks_dependency_graph(&workspace_root_path, &[&package_dir])
-            .map_err(Error::CannotBuildBuildpackDependencyGraph)?;
+    let buildpack_dependency_graph = build_libcnb_buildpacks_dependency_graph(&workspace_root_path)
+        .map_err(Error::CannotBuildBuildpackDependencyGraph)?;
 
     eprintln!("🔀 Determining build order...");
     let root_nodes = buildpack_dependency_graph
diff --git a/libcnb-cargo/tests/integration_test.rs b/libcnb-cargo/tests/integration_test.rs
index 6abb7cfe..093b07f4 100644
--- a/libcnb-cargo/tests/integration_test.rs
+++ b/libcnb-cargo/tests/integration_test.rs
@@ -219,6 +219,53 @@ fn package_command_error_when_run_in_project_with_no_buildpacks() {
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+#[ignore = "integration test"]
+fn package_command_respects_ignore_files() {
+    let fixture_dir = copy_fixture_to_temp_dir("multiple_buildpacks").unwrap();
+
+    // The `ignore` crate supports `.ignore` files. So this first `cargo libcnb package` execution
+    // just sanity checks that our ignore rules will be respected.
+    let ignore_file = fixture_dir.path().join(".ignore");
+    fs::write(&ignore_file, "meta-buildpacks\nbuildpacks\n").unwrap();
+
+    let output = Command::new(CARGO_LIBCNB_BINARY_UNDER_TEST)
+        .args(["libcnb", "package", "--release"])
+        .current_dir(fixture_dir.path())
+        .output()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    assert_ne!(output.status.code(), Some(0));
+    assert_eq!(
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr),
+        "🚚 Preparing package directory...\n🖥\u{fe0f} Gathering Cargo configuration (for x86_64-unknown-linux-musl)\n🏗\u{fe0f} Building buildpack dependency graph...\n🔀 Determining build order...\n❌ No buildpacks found!\n"
+    );
+
+    fs::remove_file(ignore_file).unwrap();
+
+    // The `ignore` crate supports `.gitignore` files but only if the folder is within a git repository
+    // which is the default configuration used in our directory traversal.
+    // https://docs.rs/ignore/latest/ignore/struct.WalkBuilder.html#method.require_git
+    //
+    // So this second `cargo libcnb package` execution just sanity checks that our gitignore rules
+    // in a git repository will be respected.
+    fs::create_dir(fixture_dir.path().join(".git")).unwrap();
+    let ignore_file = fixture_dir.path().join(".gitignore");
+    fs::write(ignore_file, "meta-buildpacks\nbuildpacks\n").unwrap();
+
+    let output = Command::new(CARGO_LIBCNB_BINARY_UNDER_TEST)
+        .args(["libcnb", "package", "--release"])
+        .current_dir(fixture_dir.path())
+        .output()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    assert_ne!(output.status.code(), Some(0));
+    assert_eq!(
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr),
+        "🚚 Preparing package directory...\n🖥\u{fe0f} Gathering Cargo configuration (for x86_64-unknown-linux-musl)\n🏗\u{fe0f} Building buildpack dependency graph...\n🔀 Determining build order...\n❌ No buildpacks found!\n"
+    );
+}
+
 fn validate_packaged_buildpack(packaged_buildpack_dir: &Path, buildpack_id: &BuildpackId) {
     assert!(packaged_buildpack_dir.join("buildpack.toml").exists());
     assert!(packaged_buildpack_dir.join("package.toml").exists());
diff --git a/libcnb-package/Cargo.toml b/libcnb-package/Cargo.toml
index 2f136e9c..f60779e5 100644
--- a/libcnb-package/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libcnb-package/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ include = ["src/**/*", "LICENSE", "README.md"]
 
 [dependencies]
 cargo_metadata = "0.17.0"
+ignore = "0.4"
 libcnb-common.workspace = true
 libcnb-data.workspace = true
 petgraph = { version = "0.6.3", default-features = false }
diff --git a/libcnb-package/src/buildpack_dependency_graph.rs b/libcnb-package/src/buildpack_dependency_graph.rs
index 5021cb4b..d99b35f0 100644
--- a/libcnb-package/src/buildpack_dependency_graph.rs
+++ b/libcnb-package/src/buildpack_dependency_graph.rs
@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 /// package.toml or an IO error occurred while traversing the given directory.
 pub fn build_libcnb_buildpacks_dependency_graph(
     cargo_workspace_root: &Path,
-    ignore: &[&Path],
 ) -> Result<Graph<BuildpackDependencyGraphNode, ()>, BuildBuildpackDependencyGraphError> {
-    find_buildpack_dirs(cargo_workspace_root, ignore)
+    find_buildpack_dirs(cargo_workspace_root)
         .map_err(BuildBuildpackDependencyGraphError::FindBuildpackDirectories)
         .and_then(|buildpack_directories| {
             buildpack_directories
@@ -85,8 +84,8 @@ fn build_libcnb_buildpack_dependency_graph_node(
 
 #[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
 pub enum BuildBuildpackDependencyGraphError {
-    #[error("IO error while finding buildpack directories: {0}")]
-    FindBuildpackDirectories(std::io::Error),
+    #[error("Error while finding buildpack directories: {0}")]
+    FindBuildpackDirectories(ignore::Error),
     #[error("Cannot read buildpack descriptor: {0}")]
     ReadBuildpackDescriptorError(TomlFileError),
     #[error("Cannot read package descriptor: {0}")]
diff --git a/libcnb-package/src/lib.rs b/libcnb-package/src/lib.rs
index 1fc77eb1..96aea209 100644
--- a/libcnb-package/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libcnb-package/src/lib.rs
@@ -106,39 +106,23 @@ fn create_file_symlink<P: AsRef<Path>, Q: AsRef<Path>>(
 ///
 /// # Errors
 ///
-/// Will return an `Err` if any I/O errors happen while walking the file system.
-pub fn find_buildpack_dirs(start_dir: &Path, ignore: &[&Path]) -> std::io::Result<Vec<PathBuf>> {
-    fn find_buildpack_dirs_recursive(
-        path: &Path,
-        ignore: &[&Path],
-        accumulator: &mut Vec<PathBuf>,
-    ) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-        if ignore.contains(&path) {
-            return Ok(());
-        }
-
-        let metadata = path.metadata()?;
-        if metadata.is_dir() {
-            let entries = fs::read_dir(path)?;
-            for entry in entries {
-                let entry = entry?;
-                let metadata = entry.metadata()?;
-                if metadata.is_dir() {
-                    find_buildpack_dirs_recursive(&entry.path(), ignore, accumulator)?;
-                } else if let Some(file_name) = entry.path().file_name() {
-                    if file_name.to_string_lossy() == "buildpack.toml" {
-                        accumulator.push(path.to_path_buf());
+/// Will return an `Err` if any I/O errors happen while walking the file system or any parsing errors
+/// from reading a gitignore file.
+pub fn find_buildpack_dirs(start_dir: &Path) -> Result<Vec<PathBuf>, ignore::Error> {
+    ignore::Walk::new(start_dir)
+        .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
+        .map(|entries| {
+            entries
+                .iter()
+                .filter_map(|entry| {
+                    if entry.path().is_dir() && entry.path().join("buildpack.toml").exists() {
+                        Some(entry.path().to_path_buf())
+                    } else {
+                        None
                     }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    let mut buildpack_dirs: Vec<PathBuf> = vec![];
-    find_buildpack_dirs_recursive(start_dir, ignore, &mut buildpack_dirs)?;
-    Ok(buildpack_dirs)
+                })
+                .collect()
+        })
 }
 
 /// Returns the path of the root workspace directory for a Rust Cargo project. This is often a useful