diff --git a/packages/bundler-plugin-core/src/build-plugin-manager.ts b/packages/bundler-plugin-core/src/build-plugin-manager.ts
index af9b243d..4ae62419 100644
--- a/packages/bundler-plugin-core/src/build-plugin-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/bundler-plugin-core/src/build-plugin-manager.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   arrayify,
   getProjects,
   getTurborepoEnvPassthroughWarning,
+  serializeIgnoreOptions,
   stripQueryAndHashFromPath,
 } from "./utils";
 import { glob } from "glob";
@@ -554,7 +555,12 @@ export function createSentryBuildPluginManager(
           try {
             const cliInstance = createCliInstance(options);
             await cliInstance.execute(
-              ["sourcemaps", "inject", ...buildArtifactPaths],
+              [
+                "sourcemaps",
+                "inject",
+                ...serializeIgnoreOptions(options.sourcemaps?.ignore),
+                ...buildArtifactPaths,
+              ],
               options.debug ? "rejectOnError" : false
             );
           } catch (e) {
diff --git a/packages/bundler-plugin-core/src/utils.ts b/packages/bundler-plugin-core/src/utils.ts
index a1aebf11..64400a29 100644
--- a/packages/bundler-plugin-core/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/bundler-plugin-core/src/utils.ts
@@ -408,3 +408,23 @@ export function getProjects(project: string | string[] | undefined): string[] |
 
   return undefined;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Inlined functionality from @sentry/cli helper code to add `--ignore` options.
+ *
+ * Temporary workaround until we expose a function for injecting debug IDs. Currently, we directly call `execute` with CLI args to inject them.
+ */
+export function serializeIgnoreOptions(ignoreValue: string | string[] | undefined): string[] {
+  const DEFAULT_IGNORE = ["node_modules"];
+
+  const ignoreOptions: string[] = Array.isArray(ignoreValue)
+    ? ignoreValue
+    : typeof ignoreValue === "string"
+    ? [ignoreValue]
+    : DEFAULT_IGNORE;
+
+  return ignoreOptions.reduce(
+    (acc, value) => acc.concat(["--ignore", String(value)]),
+    [] as string[]
+  );
+}
diff --git a/packages/bundler-plugin-core/test/build-plugin-manager.test.ts b/packages/bundler-plugin-core/test/build-plugin-manager.test.ts
index e3c87c63..9f3968eb 100644
--- a/packages/bundler-plugin-core/test/build-plugin-manager.test.ts
+++ b/packages/bundler-plugin-core/test/build-plugin-manager.test.ts
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ describe("createSentryBuildPluginManager", () => {
       await buildPluginManager.injectDebugIds(buildArtifactPaths);
 
       expect(mockCliExecute).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-        ["sourcemaps", "inject", "/path/to/1", "/path/to/2"],
+        ["sourcemaps", "inject", "--ignore", "node_modules", "/path/to/1", "/path/to/2"],
         false
       );
     });
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ describe("createSentryBuildPluginManager", () => {
       await buildPluginManager.injectDebugIds(buildArtifactPaths);
 
       expect(mockCliExecute).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-        ["sourcemaps", "inject", "/path/to/bundle"],
+        ["sourcemaps", "inject", "--ignore", "node_modules", "/path/to/bundle"],
         "rejectOnError"
       );
     });
diff --git a/packages/bundler-plugin-core/test/utils.test.ts b/packages/bundler-plugin-core/test/utils.test.ts
index 90fe9666..bcb5e4cc 100644
--- a/packages/bundler-plugin-core/test/utils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/bundler-plugin-core/test/utils.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   getPackageJson,
   parseMajorVersion,
   replaceBooleanFlagsInCode,
+  serializeIgnoreOptions,
   stringToUUID,
 } from "../src/utils";
 
@@ -270,3 +271,25 @@ describe("generateModuleMetadataInjectorCode", () => {
     expect(generatedCode).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 });
+
+describe("serializeIgnoreOptions", () => {
+  it("returns default ignore options when undefined", () => {
+    const result = serializeIgnoreOptions(undefined);
+    expect(result).toEqual(["--ignore", "node_modules"]);
+  });
+
+  it("handles array of ignore patterns", () => {
+    const result = serializeIgnoreOptions(["dist", "**/build/**", "*.log"]);
+    expect(result).toEqual(["--ignore", "dist", "--ignore", "**/build/**", "--ignore", "*.log"]);
+  });
+
+  it("handles single string pattern", () => {
+    const result = serializeIgnoreOptions("dist");
+    expect(result).toEqual(["--ignore", "dist"]);
+  });
+
+  it("handles empty array", () => {
+    const result = serializeIgnoreOptions([]);
+    expect(result).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});