diff --git a/crates/worktree/src/worktree.rs b/crates/worktree/src/worktree.rs
index ce2f34bc78d52d..0ee6f0cb310ed1 100644
--- a/crates/worktree/src/worktree.rs
+++ b/crates/worktree/src/worktree.rs
@@ -3340,12 +3340,16 @@ async fn is_dot_git(path: &Path, fs: &dyn Fs) -> bool {
 }
 
 async fn build_gitignore(abs_path: &Path, fs: &dyn Fs) -> Result<Gitignore> {
+    let parent = abs_path.parent().unwrap_or_else(|| Path::new("/"));
+    build_gitignore_with_root(abs_path, parent, fs).await
+}
+
+async fn build_gitignore_with_root(abs_path: &Path, root: &Path, fs: &dyn Fs) -> Result<Gitignore> {
     let contents = fs
         .load(abs_path)
         .await
         .with_context(|| format!("failed to load gitignore file at {}", abs_path.display()))?;
-    let parent = abs_path.parent().unwrap_or_else(|| Path::new("/"));
-    let mut builder = GitignoreBuilder::new(parent);
+    let mut builder = GitignoreBuilder::new(root);
     for line in contents.lines() {
         builder.add_line(Some(abs_path.into()), line)?;
     }
@@ -5329,7 +5333,9 @@ impl BackgroundScanner {
         // Load gitignores asynchronously (outside the lock)
         let mut loaded_excludes: Vec<(Arc<Path>, Arc<Gitignore>)> = Vec::new();
         for (work_dir_abs_path, exclude_abs_path) in excludes_to_load {
-            if let Ok(current_exclude) = build_gitignore(&exclude_abs_path, self.fs.as_ref()).await
+            if let Ok(current_exclude) =
+                build_gitignore_with_root(&exclude_abs_path, &work_dir_abs_path, self.fs.as_ref())
+                    .await
             {
                 loaded_excludes.push((work_dir_abs_path, Arc::new(current_exclude)));
             }
@@ -5641,7 +5647,9 @@ async fn discover_ancestor_git_repo(
             let (_, common_dir_abs_path) = discover_git_paths(&dot_git_abs_path, fs.as_ref()).await;
 
             let repo_exclude_abs_path = common_dir_abs_path.join(REPO_EXCLUDE);
-            if let Ok(repo_exclude) = build_gitignore(&repo_exclude_abs_path, fs.as_ref()).await {
+            if let Ok(repo_exclude) =
+                build_gitignore_with_root(&repo_exclude_abs_path, ancestor, fs.as_ref()).await
+            {
                 exclude = Some(Arc::new(repo_exclude));
             }
 
diff --git a/crates/worktree/tests/integration/worktree_tests.rs b/crates/worktree/tests/integration/worktree_tests.rs
index 2ae248ad0e4053..7691a68392c8f7 100644
--- a/crates/worktree/tests/integration/worktree_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/worktree/tests/integration/worktree_tests.rs
@@ -3017,6 +3017,69 @@ async fn test_repo_exclude(executor: BackgroundExecutor, cx: &mut TestAppContext
     });
 }
 
+#[gpui::test]
+async fn test_repo_exclude_anchored_pattern(executor: BackgroundExecutor, cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
+    init_test(cx);
+
+    let fs = FakeFs::new(executor);
+    let project_dir = Path::new(path!("/project"));
+    fs.insert_tree(
+        project_dir,
+        json!({
+            ".git": {
+                "info": {
+                    "exclude": "vendor/cache"
+                }
+            },
+            "vendor": {
+                "cache": {
+                    "blob.bin": "",
+                },
+                "keep.txt": "",
+            },
+            "elsewhere": {
+                "vendor": {
+                    "cache": {
+                        "blob.bin": "",
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+        }),
+    )
+    .await;
+
+    let worktree = Worktree::local(
+        project_dir,
+        true,
+        fs.clone(),
+        Default::default(),
+        true,
+        WorktreeId::from_proto(0),
+        &mut cx.to_async(),
+    )
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+    worktree
+        .update(cx, |worktree, _| {
+            worktree.as_local().unwrap().scan_complete()
+        })
+        .await;
+    cx.run_until_parked();
+
+    // An anchored pattern (containing a `/`) is matched relative to the work
+    // tree root, so only the top-level `vendor/cache` is ignored.
+    worktree.update(cx, |worktree, _cx| {
+        check_worktree_entries(
+            worktree,
+            WorktreeExpectations {
+                ignored_paths: &["vendor/cache"],
+                tracked_paths: &["vendor/keep.txt", "elsewhere/vendor/cache"],
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+        );
+    });
+}
+
 #[derive(Default)]
 struct WorktreeExpectations {
     excluded_paths: &'static [&'static str],