diff --git a/packages/core/strapi/.gitignore b/packages/core/strapi/.gitignore
index 2a7e86a632..bd6c44b1b5 100644
--- a/packages/core/strapi/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/core/strapi/.gitignore
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ pids
 logs
 results
 build
-!**/lib/commands/actions/build
 node_modules
 .node_history
 package-lock.json
diff --git a/packages/core/strapi/.npmignore b/packages/core/strapi/.npmignore
index 09b0a1ecd1..8bde8b838b 100644
--- a/packages/core/strapi/.npmignore
+++ b/packages/core/strapi/.npmignore
@@ -98,5 +98,3 @@ __tests__
 jest.config.js
 testApp
 coverage
-
-!**/lib/commands/actions/build
diff --git a/packages/core/strapi/lib/commands/actions/build/action.js b/packages/core/strapi/lib/commands/actions/build-command/action.js
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/strapi/lib/commands/actions/build/action.js
rename to packages/core/strapi/lib/commands/actions/build-command/action.js
diff --git a/packages/core/strapi/lib/commands/actions/build/command.js b/packages/core/strapi/lib/commands/actions/build-command/command.js
similarity index 75%
rename from packages/core/strapi/lib/commands/actions/build/command.js
rename to packages/core/strapi/lib/commands/actions/build-command/command.js
index 9f972b81dd..0eee379884 100644
--- a/packages/core/strapi/lib/commands/actions/build/command.js
+++ b/packages/core/strapi/lib/commands/actions/build-command/command.js
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ module.exports = ({ command }) => {
     .command('build')
     .option('--no-optimization', 'Build the admin app without optimizing assets')
     .description('Build the strapi admin app')
-    .action(getLocalScript('build'));
+    .action(getLocalScript('build-command')); // build-command dir to avoid problems with 'build' being commonly ignored
 };
diff --git a/packages/core/strapi/lib/commands/index.js b/packages/core/strapi/lib/commands/index.js
index b46808146a..6222118112 100644
--- a/packages/core/strapi/lib/commands/index.js
+++ b/packages/core/strapi/lib/commands/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const { Command } = require('commander');
 const strapiCommands = {
   'admin/create-user': require('./actions/admin/create-user/command'),
   'admin/reset-user-password': require('./actions/admin/reset-user-password/command'),
-  build: require('./actions/build/command'),
+  build: require('./actions/build-command/command'), // in 'build-command' to avoid problems with 'build' being commonly ignored
   'configuration/dump': require('./actions/configuration/dump/command'),
   'configuration/restore': require('./actions/configuration/restore/command'),
   console: require('./actions/console/command'),