diff --git a/early-init.el b/early-init.el
index 07eee19..4c09dcb 100644
--- a/early-init.el
+++ b/early-init.el
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@
 ;; Native-Comp
 (setq comp-speed 2)
 
+(setq comp-deferred-compilation-deny-list
+      '("\\(?:[/\\\\]\\.dir-locals\\.el$\\)"
+        ;; Don't native-compile *-authloads.el files as they all seem to produce
+        ;; errors during native-compile.
+        "\\(?:[^z-a]*-autoloads\\.el$\\)"
+        "\\(?:helm[/\\\\]helm-pkg\\.el$\\)"))
+
 (when (boundp 'comp-eln-load-path)
   (let ((eln-cache-dir (expand-file-name "cache/eln-cache/"
                                          user-emacs-directory))