diff --git a/.changes/taurignore-ignoring-folders-not-working-for-watch.md b/.changes/taurignore-ignoring-folders-not-working-for-watch.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dae7b9a99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/taurignore-ignoring-folders-not-working-for-watch.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'tauri-cli': patch:bug
+'@tauri-apps/cli': patch:bug
+---
+
+Fix `.taurignore` failing to ignore in some cases.
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/interface/rust.rs b/tooling/cli/src/interface/rust.rs
index 2d66191f9..8a60dc672 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/interface/rust.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/interface/rust.rs
@@ -263,7 +263,11 @@ struct IgnoreMatcher(Vec<Gitignore>);
 impl IgnoreMatcher {
   fn is_ignore(&self, path: &Path, is_dir: bool) -> bool {
     for gitignore in &self.0 {
-      if gitignore.matched(path, is_dir).is_ignore() {
+      if path.starts_with(gitignore.path())
+        && gitignore
+          .matched_path_or_any_parents(path, is_dir)
+          .is_ignore()
+      {
         return true;
       }
     }