diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/config/options.lua b/lua/lazyvim/config/options.lua
index 81b5f081..3ad70c16 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/config/options.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/config/options.lua
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ vim.g.lazyvim_statuscolumn = {
 -- * powershell
 -- LazyVim.terminal.setup("pwsh")
 
+-- Set LSP servers to be ignored when used with `util.root.detectors.lsp`
+-- for detecting the LSP root
+vim.g.root_lsp_ignore = { "copilot" }
+
 -- Hide deprecation warnings
 vim.g.deprecation_warnings = false
 
diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/util/root.lua b/lua/lazyvim/util/root.lua
index fc81e92f..b723b227 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/util/root.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/util/root.lua
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ function M.detectors.lsp(buf)
     return {}
   end
   local roots = {} ---@type string[]
-  for _, client in pairs(LazyVim.lsp.get_clients({ bufnr = buf })) do
+  local clients = LazyVim.lsp.get_clients({ bufnr = buf })
+  clients = vim.tbl_filter(function(client)
+    return not vim.tbl_contains(vim.g.root_lsp_ignore or {}, client.name)
+  end, clients)
+  for _, client in pairs(clients) do
     local workspace = client.config.workspace_folders
     for _, ws in pairs(workspace or {}) do
       roots[#roots + 1] = vim.uri_to_fname(ws.uri)