diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/common/searchQuery.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/common/searchQuery.ts
index 66118bfe5c9f766da91c3ec0b5ea165ccdfc1c21..e76813228d3350ed3dac5aa6999261cb0ef04d0f 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/common/searchQuery.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/common/searchQuery.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ export class QueryBuilder {
 			fileEncoding: options.fileEncoding,
 			contentPattern: contentPattern,
 			useRipgrep: configuration.search.useRipgrep,
-			disregardIgnoreFiles: options.disregardIgnoreFiles
+			disregardIgnoreFiles: options.disregardIgnoreFiles,
+			disregardExcludeSettings: options.disregardExcludeSettings
 		};
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/searchService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/searchService.ts
index b73cdcf4f411aa4952f58490bd0070ce17b4e08b..52589883cada198c550cfea3e0b4b695addf9ebf 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/searchService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/searchService.ts
@@ -42,17 +42,19 @@ export class SearchService implements ISearchService {
 
 		// Configuration: Encoding
 		if (!query.fileEncoding) {
-			let fileEncoding = configuration && configuration.files && configuration.files.encoding;
+			const fileEncoding = configuration && configuration.files && configuration.files.encoding;
 			query.fileEncoding = fileEncoding;
 		}
 
 		// Configuration: File Excludes
-		let fileExcludes = configuration && configuration.files && configuration.files.exclude;
-		if (fileExcludes) {
-			if (!query.excludePattern) {
-				query.excludePattern = fileExcludes;
-			} else {
-				objects.mixin(query.excludePattern, fileExcludes, false /* no overwrite */);
+		if (!query.disregardExcludeSettings) {
+			const fileExcludes = configuration && configuration.files && configuration.files.exclude;
+			if (fileExcludes) {
+				if (!query.excludePattern) {
+					query.excludePattern = fileExcludes;
+				} else {
+					objects.mixin(query.excludePattern, fileExcludes, false /* no overwrite */);
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}