diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 57fd4c199..c1e45c677 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -75,6 +75,21 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "nix-filter": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1710156097,
+        "narHash": "sha256-1Wvk8UP7PXdf8bCCaEoMnOT1qe5/Duqgj+rL8sRQsSM=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "nix-filter",
+        "rev": "3342559a24e85fc164b295c3444e8a139924675b",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "nix-filter",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1718318537,
@@ -109,6 +124,7 @@
         "fenix": "fenix",
         "flake-compat": "flake-compat",
         "flake-parts": "flake-parts",
+        "nix-filter": "nix-filter",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
         "treefmt-nix": "treefmt-nix"
       }
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 963dee119..608b748a1 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
 
+    nix-filter.url = "github:numtide/nix-filter";
+
     crane = {
       url = "github:ipetkov/crane";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@
       nixpkgs,
       flake-parts,
       treefmt-nix,
+      nix-filter,
       fenix,
       crane,
       ...
@@ -64,6 +67,8 @@
           cargoToml = builtins.fromTOML (builtins.readFile ./Cargo.toml);
           rustfmtToml = builtins.fromTOML (builtins.readFile ./rustfmt.toml);
 
+          filter = nix-filter.lib;
+
           craneLib = crane.mkLib pkgs;
 
           rev = self.shortRev or self.dirtyShortRev or (substring 0 8 self.lastModifiedDate);
@@ -74,7 +79,14 @@
 
           commonArgs = {
             inherit version;
-            src = self;
+            src = filter {
+              root = self;
+              exclude = [
+                "checks"
+                "doc"
+                "tests"
+              ];
+            };
 
             env = {
               PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEMD_SYSTEMDSYSTEMUNITDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/systemd/system";