diff --git a/extensions/search-rg/src/ripgrepTextSearch.ts b/extensions/search-rg/src/ripgrepTextSearch.ts
index 728365bff17..7ba477c724c 100644
--- a/extensions/search-rg/src/ripgrepTextSearch.ts
+++ b/extensions/search-rg/src/ripgrepTextSearch.ts
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ function getRgArgs(query: vscode.TextSearchQuery, options: vscode.TextSearchOpti
 	}
 
 	args.push('--no-config');
+	args.push('--no-ignore-global');
 
 	// Folder to search
 	args.push('--');
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/ripgrepTextSearch.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/ripgrepTextSearch.ts
index 7f37a9f4ad3..56cb2ff5b99 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/ripgrepTextSearch.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/ripgrepTextSearch.ts
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ function getRgArgs(config: IRawSearch) {
 	}
 
 	args.push('--no-config');
+	args.push('--no-ignore-global');
 
 	// Folder to search
 	args.push('--');