diff --git a/conda_build/build.py b/conda_build/build.py
index 4d81927eab..9f4e4243b3 100644
--- a/conda_build/build.py
+++ b/conda_build/build.py
@@ -781,7 +781,8 @@ def warn_on_old_conda_build(index=None, installed_version=None, available_packag
 """ % (installed_version, available_packages[-1]), file=sys.stderr)
 
 
-def filter_files(files_list, prefix, filter_patterns=('(.*[\\\\/])?\.git[\\\\/].*', )):
+def filter_files(files_list, prefix, filter_patterns=('.*[\\\\/]?\.git[\\\\/].*',
+                                                      '.*\.DS_Store.*')):
     """Remove things like .git from the list of files to be copied"""
     for pattern in filter_patterns:
         r = re.compile(pattern)
@@ -808,11 +809,11 @@ def bundle_conda(output, metadata, config, env, **kw):
     output_filename = ('-'.join([output['name'], metadata.version(),
                                  build_string_from_metadata(tmp_metadata)]) + '.tar.bz2')
     files = list(set(utils.expand_globs(files, config.build_prefix)))
+    files = filter_files(files, prefix=config.build_prefix)
     info_files = create_info_files(tmp_metadata, files, config=config, prefix=config.build_prefix)
     for f in info_files:
         if f not in files:
             files.append(f)
-    files = filter_files(files, prefix=config.build_prefix)
 
     # lock the output directory while we build this file
     # create the tarball in a temporary directory to minimize lock time
diff --git a/tests/test-recipes/metadata/ds_store_ignored/.DS_Store b/tests/test-recipes/metadata/ds_store_ignored/.DS_Store
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/tests/test-recipes/metadata/ds_store_ignored/meta.yaml b/tests/test-recipes/metadata/ds_store_ignored/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5434fdd476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-recipes/metadata/ds_store_ignored/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package:
+  name: test_has_ds_store
+  version: 1.0
+
+source:
+  path: .
+
+build:
+  script:
+    - cp .DS_Store $PREFIX
+
+test:
+  requires:
+    - python
+  commands:
+    - python -c "import os; assert not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(os.getenv('PREFIX'), '.DS_Store'))"