diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/build/cache/hash.go b/pkg/skaffold/build/cache/hash.go
index 1487f8a38af..358690f40b0 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/build/cache/hash.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/build/cache/hash.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/docker"
 	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/schema/latest"
@@ -59,6 +60,11 @@ func getHashForArtifact(ctx context.Context, depLister DependencyLister, a *late
 	for _, d := range deps {
 		h, err := hashFunction(d)
 		if err != nil {
+			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				logrus.Tracef("skipping dependency for artifact cache calculation, file not found %s: %s", d, err)
+				continue // Ignore files that don't exist
+			}
+
 			return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "getting hash for %s", d)
 		}
 		inputs = append(inputs, h)
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/build/cache/hash_test.go b/pkg/skaffold/build/cache/hash_test.go
index aefe740899e..c5b5b1f3d11 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/build/cache/hash_test.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/build/cache/hash_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package cache
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/schema/latest"
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ func (m *stubDependencyLister) DependenciesForArtifact(ctx context.Context, arti
 }
 
 var mockCacheHasher = func(s string) (string, error) {
+	if s == "not-found" {
+		return "", os.ErrNotExist
+	}
 	return s, nil
 }
 
@@ -57,6 +61,12 @@ func TestGetHashForArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 			artifact:     &latest.Artifact{},
 			expected:     "1caa15f7ce87536bddbac30a39768e8e3b212bf591f9b64926fa50c40b614c66",
 		},
+		{
+			description:  "ignore file not found",
+			dependencies: []string{"a", "b", "not-found"},
+			artifact:     &latest.Artifact{},
+			expected:     "1caa15f7ce87536bddbac30a39768e8e3b212bf591f9b64926fa50c40b614c66",
+		},
 		{
 			description:  "dependencies in different orders",
 			dependencies: []string{"b", "a"},