diff --git a/src/Site.js b/src/Site.js
index ba5c40f70b..5bc2f3b43c 100644
--- a/src/Site.js
+++ b/src/Site.js
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ const {
   SITE_ASSET_FOLDER_NAME,
   SITE_CONFIG_NAME,
   SITE_DATA_NAME,
+  SITE_FOLDER_NAME,
   TEMP_FOLDER_NAME,
   TEMPLATE_SITE_ASSET_FOLDER_NAME,
   USER_VARIABLES_PATH,
@@ -427,7 +428,7 @@ class Site {
       globPages.concat(walkSync(this.rootPath, {
         directories: false,
         globs: [addressableGlob.glob],
-        ignore: [CONFIG_FOLDER_NAME],
+        ignore: [CONFIG_FOLDER_NAME, SITE_FOLDER_NAME],
       }).map(globPath => ({
         src: globPath,
         searchable: addressableGlob.searchable,
diff --git a/src/constants.js b/src/constants.js
index 984667811b..276ec9fd29 100644
--- a/src/constants.js
+++ b/src/constants.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ module.exports = {
   CONFIG_FOLDER_NAME: '_markbind',
   HEADING_INDEXING_LEVEL_DEFAULT: 3,
   SITE_ASSET_FOLDER_NAME: 'asset',
+  SITE_FOLDER_NAME: '_site',
   TEMP_FOLDER_NAME: '.temp',
   TEMPLATE_SITE_ASSET_FOLDER_NAME: 'markbind',