diff --git a/.github/workflows/markdownlint.yml b/.github/workflows/markdownlint.yml
index 2583e4cf8..2258448af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/markdownlint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/markdownlint.yml
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         echo "::add-matcher::.github/workflows/markdownlint-problem-matcher.json"
         npm i -g markdownlint-cli
-        markdownlint "**/*.md"
+        markdownlint --ignore-path .github/workflows/markdownlintignore "**/*.md"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/markdownlintignore b/.github/workflows/markdownlintignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29b84fd95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/markdownlintignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Ignore files under eng/common (managed by dotnet/arcade)
+eng/common/