diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/ripgrepFileSearch.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/ripgrepFileSearch.ts
index 939edf660cccc7b6c83db7dc5f371a4f2b0711a0..50fa1077c40631f087c3fc22dd064babd9e0e3f6 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/ripgrepFileSearch.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/ripgrepFileSearch.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ function getRgArgs(config: IRawSearch, folderQuery: IFolderSearch, includePatter
 	if (folderQuery.disregardIgnoreFiles !== false) {
 		// Don't use .gitignore or .ignore
 		args.push('--no-ignore');
+	} else {
+		args.push('--no-ignore-parent');
 	}
 
 	// Follow symlinks