diff --git a/lib/rules/add.js b/lib/rules/add.js
index d2e18276..14eb24ee 100644
--- a/lib/rules/add.js
+++ b/lib/rules/add.js
@@ -82,8 +82,12 @@ function add(rules, which, rule) {
       return rule.replace(reEscapeChars, '\\$&')
                  .replace(reAsterisk, '.*');
     }).join('|');
+    
+    //Only match if a '\', '/' or nothing comes before item
+    //Additionally only match if a '\', '/' or nothing comes after the item
+    re = '(\\/|\\\\|^)('+re+')($|\\/|\\\\)';
 
     // used for the directory matching
     rules[which].re = new RegExp(re);
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}