diff --git a/Public/Sdk/Public/Tools/Guardian/Tool.Guardian.dsc b/Public/Sdk/Public/Tools/Guardian/Tool.Guardian.dsc
index 0605163e7..8695b5e40 100644
--- a/Public/Sdk/Public/Tools/Guardian/Tool.Guardian.dsc
+++ b/Public/Sdk/Public/Tools/Guardian/Tool.Guardian.dsc
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ const guardianUntrackedDirectories = addIfLazy(Context.getCurrentHost().os === "
     // The temp directory on cloudbuild will always be created under X:\a\b\temp, when the cloudbuild drop is at X:\a\b\c\d (this location is not expected to change between builds)
     // TODO: Remove this line once the Guardian team fixes this bug to use the temp directory specified in TEMP/TMP instead.
     ...addIf(cloudBuildTempDirectory !== undefined, cloudBuildTempDirectory),
+    // Accessed by Microsoft.Guardian.Cli, not clear on why this occurs yet
+    d`${Context.getMount("ProgramFiles").path}/Mellanox/MLNX_VPI`,
 ]);
 
 /**
diff --git a/Public/Sdk/UnitTests/Guardian/Test.Guardian/runGuardian.lkg b/Public/Sdk/UnitTests/Guardian/Test.Guardian/runGuardian.lkg
index 66e146735..5df5dc810 100644
--- a/Public/Sdk/UnitTests/Guardian/Test.Guardian/runGuardian.lkg
+++ b/Public/Sdk/UnitTests/Guardian/Test.Guardian/runGuardian.lkg
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ Transformer.execute({
             p`./UserProfile/.nuget/plugins/netfx/CredentialProvider.Microsoft`,
             p`./UserProfile/.nuget/plugins/netcore/CredentialProvider.Microsoft`,
             p`./UserProfile/.nuget/packages`,
+            p`./path/to/ProgramFiles/Mellanox/MLNX_VPI`,
             p`./path/to/guardian/temp`,
             p`./path/to/guardian/tmp`,
             p`\${Context.getMount('Windows').path}`,
@@ -221,6 +222,7 @@ Transformer.execute({
             p`./UserProfile/.nuget/plugins/netfx/CredentialProvider.Microsoft`,
             p`./UserProfile/.nuget/plugins/netcore/CredentialProvider.Microsoft`,
             p`./UserProfile/.nuget/packages`,
+            p`./path/to/ProgramFiles/Mellanox/MLNX_VPI`,
             p`./path/to/guardian/temp`,
             p`./path/to/guardian/tmp`,
             p`\${Context.getMount('Windows').path}`,