diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 08f447f32..85713ec02 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 ## Bugfixes
 
 - Respect NO_COLOR environment variable with `--list-details` option. (#1455)
+- Fix bug that would cause hidden files to be included despite gitignore rules
+  if search path is "." (#1461, BurntSushi/ripgrep#2711).
 
 
 ## Changes
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 6e6163664..def42ede3 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ impl Opts {
         } else if !self.search_path.is_empty() {
             &self.search_path
         } else {
-            let current_directory = Path::new(".");
+            let current_directory = Path::new("./");
             ensure_current_directory_exists(current_directory)?;
             return Ok(vec![self.normalize_path(current_directory)]);
         };
@@ -666,6 +666,9 @@ impl Opts {
     fn normalize_path(&self, path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
         if self.absolute_path {
             filesystem::absolute_path(path.normalize().unwrap().as_path()).unwrap()
+        } else if path == Path::new(".") {
+            // Change "." to "./" as a workaround for https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/pull/2711
+            PathBuf::from("./")
         } else {
             path.to_path_buf()
         }
diff --git a/tests/tests.rs b/tests/tests.rs
index 1edbeaed1..256615787 100644
--- a/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tests.rs
@@ -2590,3 +2590,16 @@ fn test_git_dir() {
          nested/dir/.git/foo2",
     );
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_gitignore_parent() {
+    let te = TestEnv::new(&["sub"], &[".abc", "sub/.abc"]);
+
+    fs::File::create(te.test_root().join(".gitignore"))
+        .unwrap()
+        .write_all(b".abc\n")
+        .unwrap();
+
+    te.assert_output_subdirectory("sub", &["--hidden"], "");
+    te.assert_output_subdirectory("sub", &["--hidden", "--search-path", "."], "");
+}