diff --git a/cli/filelister.cpp b/cli/filelister.cpp
index 2c7093fcc..2caf0ea98 100644
--- a/cli/filelister.cpp
+++ b/cli/filelister.cpp
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ static std::string addFiles2(std::map<std::string, std::size_t> &files,
                              const PathMatch& ignored
                              )
 {
+    if (ignored.match(path))
+        return "";
+
     struct stat file_stat;
     if (stat(path.c_str(), &file_stat) != -1) {
         if ((file_stat.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR) {
diff --git a/test/testfilelister.cpp b/test/testfilelister.cpp
index 44fb779ce..ddd464578 100644
--- a/test/testfilelister.cpp
+++ b/test/testfilelister.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ private:
 
         TEST_CASE(isDirectory);
         TEST_CASE(recursiveAddFiles);
+        TEST_CASE(excludeFile);
         TEST_CASE(fileExists);
     }
 
@@ -78,6 +79,15 @@ private:
         ASSERT(files.find("lib/tokenize.h") == files.end());
     }
 
+    void excludeFile() const {
+        std::map<std::string, std::size_t> files;
+        std::vector<std::string> ignored{"lib/token.cpp"};
+        PathMatch matcher(ignored);
+        std::string err = FileLister::recursiveAddFiles(files, "lib/token.cpp", matcher);
+        ASSERT(err.empty());
+        ASSERT(files.empty());
+    }
+
     void fileExists() const {
         ASSERT_EQUALS(false, FileLister::fileExists("lib"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS(true, FileLister::fileExists("readme.txt"));