diff --git a/pkg/argo_client/manifests.go b/pkg/argo_client/manifests.go
index ac0c787c..e477c97d 100644
--- a/pkg/argo_client/manifests.go
+++ b/pkg/argo_client/manifests.go
@@ -153,7 +153,13 @@ func (a *ArgoClient) generateManifests(ctx context.Context, app v1alpha1.Applica
 	}
 
 	log.Info().Msg("compressing files")
-	f, filesWritten, checksum, err := tgzstream.CompressFiles(packageDir, []string{"*"}, []string{".git"})
+
+	exclude := []string{}
+	if !a.cfg.ArgoCDIncludeDotGit {
+		exclude = append(exclude, ".git")
+	}
+
+	f, filesWritten, checksum, err := tgzstream.CompressFiles(packageDir, []string{"*"}, exclude)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to compress files: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 0163ed4a..4f82b24e 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ type ServerConfig struct {
 	ArgoCDRepositoryEndpoint string `mapstructure:"argocd-repository-endpoint"`
 	ArgoCDRepositoryInsecure bool   `mapstructure:"argocd-repository-insecure"`
 	ArgoCDSendFullRepository bool   `mapstructure:"argocd-send-full-repository"`
+	ArgoCDIncludeDotGit      bool   `mapstructure:"argocd-include-dot-git"`
 	KubernetesConfig         string `mapstructure:"kubernetes-config"`
 	KubernetesType           string `mapstructure:"kubernetes-type"`
 	KubernetesClusterID      string `mapstructure:"kubernetes-clusterid"`