diff --git a/.github/codeql/codeql-config.yml b/.github/codeql/codeql-config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7af72a558b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/codeql/codeql-config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+name: "CodeQL config"
+
+paths-ignore:
+  - 'e2e/resources/**/*.*'
+  - 'docs/**/*.*'
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 4c36e29e2b9..c38a63c4e78 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       # Override language selection by uncommenting this and choosing your languages
       with:
         languages: javascript
+        config-file: ./.github/codeql/codeql-config.yml
 
     # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages  (C/C++, C#, or Java).
     # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)