diff --git a/src/rollup/plugins/server-assets.ts b/src/rollup/plugins/server-assets.ts
index 753ad41893..f2cb5bd5d5 100644
--- a/src/rollup/plugins/server-assets.ts
+++ b/src/rollup/plugins/server-assets.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export function serverAssets(nitro: Nitro): Plugin {
           const files = await globby("**/*.*", {
             cwd: asset.dir,
             absolute: false,
+            ignore: asset.ignore
           });
           for (const _id of files) {
             const fsPath = resolve(asset.dir, _id);
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ const serverAssets = ${JSON.stringify(nitro.options.serverAssets)}
 export const assets = createStorage()
 
 for (const asset of serverAssets) {
-  assets.mount(asset.baseName, fsDriver({ base: asset.dir }))
+  assets.mount(asset.baseName, fsDriver({ base: asset.dir, ignore: ["**/node_modules/**", "**/.git/**", ...(asset?.ignore ?? [])] }))
 }`;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/types/nitro.ts b/src/types/nitro.ts
index 6747d80f05..7904ad9afc 100644
--- a/src/types/nitro.ts
+++ b/src/types/nitro.ts
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ export interface PublicAssetDir {
 export interface ServerAssetDir {
   baseName: string;
   dir: string;
+  ignore?: string[]
 }
 
 export interface DevServerOptions {