diff --git a/.bazelignore b/.bazelignore
index 73de28d96287..e2b7ec07cab4 100644
--- a/.bazelignore
+++ b/.bazelignore
@@ -10,4 +10,8 @@ android/android/native/diagnostics/heap
 android/aswb
 build/dependencies/build/android-sdk/
 out/
-platform/sqlite/target
\ No newline at end of file
+platform/sqlite/target
+
+# specifically ignore intellij.idea.community.main.iml marker file,
+# so Bazel execroot won't be detected as a community root
+intellij.idea.community.main.iml