diff --git a/src/parser.cpp b/src/parser.cpp
index bc0fcf6be..0eb7e5fc1 100644
--- a/src/parser.cpp
+++ b/src/parser.cpp
@@ -5584,6 +5584,8 @@ gb_internal bool parse_file(Parser *p, AstFile *f) {
 						if (!parse_build_tag(tok, lc)) {
 							return false;
 						}
+					} else if (string_starts_with(lc, str_lit("+ignore"))) {
+							return false;
 					} else if (string_starts_with(lc, str_lit("+private"))) {
 						f->flags |= AstFile_IsPrivatePkg;
 						String command = string_trim_starts_with(lc, str_lit("+private "));