diff --git a/src/manifest/pixiManifest.ts b/src/manifest/pixiManifest.ts
index 6d07d36..bd630dd 100644
--- a/src/manifest/pixiManifest.ts
+++ b/src/manifest/pixiManifest.ts
@@ -122,13 +122,14 @@ function collectAssets(
     }
 
     const bundleAssets = localBundle.assets;
-
     const finalAssets = asset.getFinalTransformedChildren();
 
     if (asset.transformChildren.length > 0 && !asset.inheritedMetaData[options.tags!.mIgnore!])
     {
         const nonIgnored = finalAssets.filter((finalAsset) => !finalAsset.inheritedMetaData[options.tags!.mIgnore!]);
 
+        if (nonIgnored.length === 0) return;
+
         bundleAssets.push({
             alias: getShortNames(stripTags(path.relative(entryPath, asset.path)), options),
             src: nonIgnored
diff --git a/test/manifest/Manifest.test.ts b/test/manifest/Manifest.test.ts
index 96dfbbf..29ae8a8 100644
--- a/test/manifest/Manifest.test.ts
+++ b/test/manifest/Manifest.test.ts
@@ -998,6 +998,58 @@ describe('Manifest', () =>
             ],
         });
     });
+
+    it('should ignore files with the mIgnore tag', async () =>
+    {
+        const testName = 'manifest-ignore';
+        const inputDir = getInputDir(pkg, testName);
+        const outputDir = getOutputDir(pkg, testName);
+
+        createFolder(pkg, {
+            name: testName,
+            files: [
+                {
+                    name: '1.png',
+                    content: assetPath('image/sp-1.png'),
+                },
+                {
+                    name: '2{mIgnore}.png',
+                    content: assetPath('image/sp-1.png'),
+                },
+            ],
+            folders: [],
+        });
+
+        const assetpack = new AssetPack({
+            entry: inputDir,
+            cacheLocation: getCacheDir(pkg, testName),
+            output: outputDir,
+            cache: false,
+            pipes: [
+                pixiManifest({
+                    includeMetaData: false,
+                }),
+            ],
+        });
+
+        await assetpack.run();
+
+        const manifest = sortObjectProperties(await fs.readJSONSync(`${outputDir}/manifest.json`));
+
+        expect(manifest).toEqual({
+            bundles: [
+                {
+                    name: 'default',
+                    assets: [
+                        {
+                            alias: ['1.png'],
+                            src: ['1.png'],
+                        },
+                    ],
+                },
+            ],
+        });
+    });
 });
 
 function sortObjectProperties(obj: any)