diff --git a/.phpdoc.xml b/.phpdoc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37619cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.phpdoc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<phpdoc>
+    <files>
+        <directory>lib/*</directory>
+        <file>plugins/DummyPlugin.php</file>
+        <ignore>_build/*</ignore>
+        <ignore>config/*</ignore>
+        <ignore>content-sample/*</ignore>
+        <ignore>themes/*</ignore>
+        <ignore>plugins/*</ignore>
+        <ignore>vendor/*</ignore>
+        <ignore>.htaccess</ignore>
+        <ignore>*.git</ignore>
+        <ignore>.gitignore</ignore>
+        <ignore>*.xml</ignore>
+        <ignore>*.yml</ignore>
+        <ignore>*.json</ignore>
+        <ignore>*.lock</ignore>
+        <ignore>*.phar</ignore>
+        <ignore>*.md</ignore>
+        <ignore>*LICENSE</ignore>
+        <ignore>index.php</file>
+        <ignore>index.php.dist</ignore>
+    </files>
+</phpdoc>
diff --git a/_build/generate-phpdoc.sh b/_build/generate-phpdoc.sh
index 0c6fadf..8ff993e 100755
--- a/_build/generate-phpdoc.sh
+++ b/_build/generate-phpdoc.sh
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ echo
 
 # generate phpdoc
 phpdoc -d "$PHPDOC_SOURCE_DIR" \
-    -i "$PHPDOC_SOURCE_DIR/_build/" \
-    -i "$PHPDOC_SOURCE_DIR/vendor/" \
-    -i "$PHPDOC_SOURCE_DIR/plugins/" -f "$PHPDOC_SOURCE_DIR/plugins/DummyPlugin.php" \
+    -c "$PHPDOC_SOURCE_DIR/.phpdoc.xml" \
     -t "$PHPDOC_TARGET_DIR" \
     --title "$PHPDOC_TITLE"