diff --git a/builtin/add.c b/builtin/add.c
index d4b40f2b7a9dbdabcb0133d84b29d8ab281d1baf..63df5f6938c8ab7f2355868e5c1a3affbf67fe7e 100644
--- a/builtin/add.c
+++ b/builtin/add.c
@@ -542,6 +542,8 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		refresh(verbose, pathspec);
 		goto finish;
 	}
+	if (implicit_dot && prefix)
+		refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET);
 
 	if (pathspec) {
 		int i;