diff --git a/openpype/modules/base.py b/openpype/modules/base.py
index 5cdeb86087..2d5545d135 100644
--- a/openpype/modules/base.py
+++ b/openpype/modules/base.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ IGNORED_DEFAULT_FILENAMES = (
     "__init__.py",
     "base.py",
     "interfaces.py",
+    "example_addons",
 )