diff --git a/fs/operations_test.go b/fs/operations_test.go
index 72124c678..58782f578 100644
--- a/fs/operations_test.go
+++ b/fs/operations_test.go
@@ -743,6 +743,8 @@ func TestListDirSorted(t *testing.T) {
 		r.WriteObject("zend.txt", "hello", t1),
 		r.WriteObject("sub dir/hello world", "hello world", t1),
 		r.WriteObject("sub dir/hello world2", "hello world", t1),
+		r.WriteObject("sub dir/ignore dir/.ignore", "", t1),
+		r.WriteObject("sub dir/ignore dir/should be ignored", "to ignore", t1),
 		r.WriteObject("sub dir/sub sub dir/hello world3", "hello world", t1),
 	}
 	fstest.CheckItems(t, r.Fremote, files...)
@@ -779,15 +781,42 @@ func TestListDirSorted(t *testing.T) {
 
 	items, err = fs.ListDirSorted(r.Fremote, true, "sub dir")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Len(t, items, 3)
+	require.Len(t, items, 4)
 	assert.Equal(t, "sub dir/hello world", str(0))
 	assert.Equal(t, "sub dir/hello world2", str(1))
-	assert.Equal(t, "sub dir/sub sub dir/", str(2))
+	assert.Equal(t, "sub dir/ignore dir/", str(2))
+	assert.Equal(t, "sub dir/sub sub dir/", str(3))
+
+	items, err = fs.ListDirSorted(r.Fremote, false, "sub dir")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, items, 2)
+	assert.Equal(t, "sub dir/ignore dir/", str(0))
+	assert.Equal(t, "sub dir/sub sub dir/", str(1))
+
+	// testing ignore file
+	fs.Config.Filter.ExcludeFile = ".ignore"
 
 	items, err = fs.ListDirSorted(r.Fremote, false, "sub dir")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Len(t, items, 1)
 	assert.Equal(t, "sub dir/sub sub dir/", str(0))
+
+	items, err = fs.ListDirSorted(r.Fremote, false, "sub dir/ignore dir")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, items, 0)
+
+	items, err = fs.ListDirSorted(r.Fremote, true, "sub dir/ignore dir")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, items, 2)
+	assert.Equal(t, "sub dir/ignore dir/.ignore", str(0))
+	assert.Equal(t, "sub dir/ignore dir/should be ignored", str(1))
+
+	fs.Config.Filter.ExcludeFile = ""
+	items, err = fs.ListDirSorted(r.Fremote, false, "sub dir/ignore dir")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, items, 2)
+	assert.Equal(t, "sub dir/ignore dir/.ignore", str(0))
+	assert.Equal(t, "sub dir/ignore dir/should be ignored", str(1))
 }
 
 type byteReader struct {
diff --git a/fs/walk_test.go b/fs/walk_test.go
index 6f4fb6bfd..362b31901 100644
--- a/fs/walk_test.go
+++ b/fs/walk_test.go
@@ -588,3 +588,76 @@ a/
 		assert.Equal(t, test.want, r.String(), fmt.Sprintf("%+v", test))
 	}
 }
+
+func TestWalkRDirTreeExclude(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		entries     DirEntries
+		want        string
+		err         error
+		root        string
+		level       int
+		excludeFile string
+		includeAll  bool
+	}{
+		{DirEntries{mockObject("a"), mockObject("ignore")}, "", nil, "", -1, "ignore", false},
+		{DirEntries{mockObject("a")}, `/
+  a
+`, nil, "", -1, "ignore", false},
+		{DirEntries{
+			mockObject("a"),
+			mockObject("b/b"),
+			mockObject("b/.ignore"),
+		}, `/
+  a
+`, nil, "", -1, ".ignore", false},
+		{DirEntries{
+			mockObject("a"),
+			mockObject("b/.ignore"),
+			mockObject("b/b"),
+		}, `/
+  a
+  b/
+b/
+  .ignore
+  b
+`, nil, "", -1, ".ignore", true},
+		{DirEntries{
+			mockObject("a"),
+			mockObject("b/b"),
+			mockObject("b/c/d/e"),
+			mockObject("b/c/ign"),
+			mockObject("b/c/x"),
+		}, `/
+  a
+  b/
+b/
+  b
+`, nil, "", -1, "ign", false},
+		{DirEntries{
+			mockObject("a"),
+			mockObject("b/b"),
+			mockObject("b/c/d/e"),
+			mockObject("b/c/ign"),
+			mockObject("b/c/x"),
+		}, `/
+  a
+  b/
+b/
+  b
+  c/
+b/c/
+  d/
+  ign
+  x
+b/c/d/
+  e
+`, nil, "", -1, "ign", true},
+	} {
+		Config.Filter.ExcludeFile = test.excludeFile
+		r, err := walkRDirTree(nil, test.root, test.includeAll, test.level, makeListRCallback(test.entries, test.err))
+		assert.Equal(t, test.err, err, fmt.Sprintf("%+v", test))
+		assert.Equal(t, test.want, r.String(), fmt.Sprintf("%+v", test))
+	}
+	// Set to default value, to avoid side effects
+	Config.Filter.ExcludeFile = ""
+}