diff --git a/build/acceptance/run.sh b/build/acceptance/run.sh
index 2a6efde74f..8cb2bee621 100755
--- a/build/acceptance/run.sh
+++ b/build/acceptance/run.sh
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ function prepareDocker() {
 	# "docker cp" does not take them into account (the extracted files are set
 	# to root).
 	echo "Copying local Git working directory of Nextcloud to the container"
-	tar --create --file="$NEXTCLOUD_LOCAL_TAR" --exclude=".git" --exclude="./config/config.php" --exclude="./data" --exclude="./tests" --directory=../../ .
+	tar --create --file="$NEXTCLOUD_LOCAL_TAR" --exclude=".git" --exclude="./config/config.php" --exclude="./data" --exclude="./data-autotest" --exclude="./tests" --directory=../../ .
 
 	docker exec $NEXTCLOUD_LOCAL_CONTAINER mkdir /nextcloud
 	docker cp - $NEXTCLOUD_LOCAL_CONTAINER:/nextcloud/ < "$NEXTCLOUD_LOCAL_TAR"