diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 3ae64d01f15c..78ca9a9e27cb 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -78,6 +78,26 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "gitignore": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1660459072,
+        "narHash": "sha256-8DFJjXG8zqoONA1vXtgeKXy68KdJL5UaXR8NtVMUbx8=",
+        "owner": "hercules-ci",
+        "repo": "gitignore.nix",
+        "rev": "a20de23b925fd8264fd7fad6454652e142fd7f73",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "hercules-ci",
+        "repo": "gitignore.nix",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1673226411,
@@ -98,6 +118,7 @@
         "crane": "crane",
         "flake-parts": "flake-parts",
         "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "gitignore": "gitignore",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
         "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay"
       }
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 3d195673b1f0..996cb2c21443 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
       url = "github:hercules-ci/flake-parts";
       inputs.nixpkgs-lib.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
+    gitignore = {
+      url = "github:hercules-ci/gitignore.nix";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
     rust-overlay = {
       url = "github:oxalica/rust-overlay";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
diff --git a/nix/all-engines.nix b/nix/all-engines.nix
index b0186cc3676b..073bf66f9fdf 100644
--- a/nix/all-engines.nix
+++ b/nix/all-engines.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
-{ craneLib, pkgs, flakeInputs, ... }:
+{ pkgs, flakeInputs, lib, ... }:
 
 let
-  srcPath = builtins.path { path = ../.; name = "prisma-engines-workspace-root-path"; };
-  src = pkgs.lib.cleanSourceWith { filter = enginesSourceFilter; src = srcPath; };
+  srcPath = ../.;
+  srcFilter = flakeInputs.gitignore.lib.gitignoreFilterWith {
+    basePath = srcPath;
+    extraRules = ''
+      /nix
+      /flake.*
+    '';
+  };
+  src = lib.cleanSourceWith {
+    filter = srcFilter;
+    src = srcPath;
+    name = "prisma-engines-source";
+  };
   craneLib = flakeInputs.crane.mkLib pkgs;
   deps = craneLib.vendorCargoDeps { inherit src; };
   libSuffix = if pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin then "dylib" else "so";
-
-  enginesSourceFilter = path: type: (builtins.match "\\.pest$" path != null) ||
-    (builtins.match "\\.README.md$" path != null) ||
-    (builtins.match "^\\.git/HEAD" path != null) ||
-    (builtins.match "^\\.git/refs" path != null) ||
-    (craneLib.filterCargoSources path type != null);
 in
 {
   packages.prisma-engines-deps = deps;