diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 63c04ea60..05a2a781e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Feature enhancements:
 
 Bug fixes:
 
+* [BUG #1757](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/1757):
+  Fix bug when searching a sub-directory didn't have ignores applied correctly.
 * [BUG #1891](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/1891):
   Fix bug when using `-w` with a regex that can match the empty string.
 * [BUG #1911](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/1911):
diff --git a/crates/ignore/src/dir.rs b/crates/ignore/src/dir.rs
index 2577665d5..c813eb0d5 100644
--- a/crates/ignore/src/dir.rs
+++ b/crates/ignore/src/dir.rs
@@ -442,7 +442,29 @@ impl Ignore {
         }
         if self.0.opts.parents {
             if let Some(abs_parent_path) = self.absolute_base() {
-                let path = abs_parent_path.join(path);
+                // What we want to do here is take the absolute base path of
+                // this directory and join it with the path we're searching.
+                // The main issue we want to avoid is accidentally duplicating
+                // directory components, so we try to strip any common prefix
+                // off of `path`. Overall, this seems a little ham-fisted, but
+                // it does fix a nasty bug. It should do fine until we overhaul
+                // this crate.
+                let dirpath = self.0.dir.as_path();
+                let path_prefix = match strip_prefix("./", dirpath) {
+                    None => dirpath,
+                    Some(stripped_dot_slash) => stripped_dot_slash,
+                };
+                let path = match strip_prefix(path_prefix, path) {
+                    None => abs_parent_path.join(path),
+                    Some(p) => {
+                        let p = match strip_prefix("/", p) {
+                            None => p,
+                            Some(p) => p,
+                        };
+                        abs_parent_path.join(p)
+                    }
+                };
+
                 for ig in
                     self.parents().skip_while(|ig| !ig.0.is_absolute_parent)
                 {
diff --git a/tests/regression.rs b/tests/regression.rs
index 5ef741cf6..91c374497 100644
--- a/tests/regression.rs
+++ b/tests/regression.rs
@@ -952,6 +952,19 @@ rgtest!(r1739_replacement_lineterm_match, |dir: Dir, mut cmd: TestCommand| {
     eqnice!("af\n", cmd.stdout());
 });
 
+// See: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/1757
+rgtest!(f1757, |dir: Dir, _: TestCommand| {
+    dir.create_dir("rust/target");
+    dir.create(".ignore", "rust/target");
+    dir.create("rust/source.rs", "needle");
+    dir.create("rust/target/rustdoc-output.html", "needle");
+
+    let args = &["--files-with-matches", "needle", "rust"];
+    eqnice!("rust/source.rs\n", dir.command().args(args).stdout());
+    let args = &["--files-with-matches", "needle", "./rust"];
+    eqnice!("./rust/source.rs\n", dir.command().args(args).stdout());
+});
+
 // See: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/1765
 rgtest!(r1765, |dir: Dir, mut cmd: TestCommand| {
     dir.create("test", "\n");