diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-service/__tests__/multiPage.spec.js b/packages/@vue/cli-service/__tests__/multiPage.spec.js
index b7da0de805..c85e2c4f65 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-service/__tests__/multiPage.spec.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-service/__tests__/multiPage.spec.js
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@ async function makeProjectMultiPage (project) {
         index: { entry: 'src/main.js' },
         foo: { entry: 'src/foo.js' },
         bar: { entry: 'src/bar.js' },
-        foobar: { entry: ['src/foobar.js'] }
+        foobar: { entry: ['src/foobar.js'] },
+        baz: {
+          entry: 'src/main.js',
+          template: 'public/baz.html',
+          filename: 'qux.html'
+        }
       },
       chainWebpack: config => {
         const splitOptions = config.optimization.get('splitChunks')
@@ -25,6 +30,7 @@ async function makeProjectMultiPage (project) {
       }
     }
   `)
+  await project.write('public/baz.html', await project.read('public/index.html'))
   await project.write('src/foo.js', `
     import Vue from 'vue'
     new Vue({
@@ -96,6 +102,11 @@ test('build w/ multi page', async () => {
   expect(project.has('dist/foo.html')).toBe(true)
   expect(project.has('dist/bar.html')).toBe(true)
 
+  // should properly ignore the template file
+  expect(project.has('dist/baz.html')).toBe(false)
+  // should respect the `filename` field in a multi-page config
+  expect(project.has('dist/qux.html')).toBe(true)
+
   const assertSharedAssets = file => {
     // should split and preload vendor chunk
     expect(file).toMatch(/<link [^>]*js\/chunk-vendors[^>]*\.js rel=preload as=script>/)
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-service/lib/config/app.js b/packages/@vue/cli-service/lib/config/app.js
index ca74d31b9e..3e31de889c 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-service/lib/config/app.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-service/lib/config/app.js
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ module.exports = (api, options) => {
         ? htmlPath
         : defaultHtmlPath
 
+      publicCopyIgnore.push({
+        glob: path.relative(api.resolve('public'), api.resolve(htmlOptions.template)),
+        matchBase: false
+      })
+
       webpackConfig
         .plugin('html')
           .use(HTMLPlugin, [htmlOptions])
@@ -204,15 +209,17 @@ module.exports = (api, options) => {
 
         // resolve page index template
         const hasDedicatedTemplate = fs.existsSync(api.resolve(template))
-        if (hasDedicatedTemplate) {
-          publicCopyIgnore.push(template)
-        }
         const templatePath = hasDedicatedTemplate
           ? template
           : fs.existsSync(htmlPath)
             ? htmlPath
             : defaultHtmlPath
 
+        publicCopyIgnore.push({
+          glob: path.relative(api.resolve('public'), api.resolve(templatePath)),
+          matchBase: false
+        })
+
         // inject html plugin for the page
         const pageHtmlOptions = Object.assign(
           {},