diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/ripgrepTextSearch.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/ripgrepTextSearch.ts
index ac82683de63fc223c6b18f4421b2bc6ebfb15d37..7e099c385e06c2c66be523f257e2f3b4add4a912 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/ripgrepTextSearch.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/ripgrepTextSearch.ts
@@ -446,6 +446,8 @@ function getRgArgs(config: IRawSearch): IRgGlobResult {
 	if (config.disregardIgnoreFiles) {
 		// Don't use .gitignore or .ignore
 		args.push('--no-ignore');
+	} else {
+		args.push('--no-ignore-parent');
 	}
 
 	// Follow symlinks