diff --git a/.github/codeql/codeql-config.yml b/.github/codeql/codeql-config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..957877282f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/codeql/codeql-config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+name: "CodeQL config"
+paths-ignore:
+  - dist
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 3e2f6f34de..98aa891c4a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
         uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
         with:
+          config-file: ./.github/codeql/codeql-config.yml
           languages: "javascript"
           queries: +security-and-quality