diff --git a/powerline/lib/vcs/__init__.py b/powerline/lib/vcs/__init__.py
index a322e6bf..e5e07f8d 100644
--- a/powerline/lib/vcs/__init__.py
+++ b/powerline/lib/vcs/__init__.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class FileStatusCache(dict):
 			parent = nparent
 			ignore_files.add(os.path.join(parent, ignore_file_name))
 		for f in extra_ignore_files:
-			ignore_files.add(os.path.join(directory, *f.split('/')))
+			ignore_files.add(f)
 		self.keypath_ignore_map[keypath] = ignore_files
 		for ignf in ignore_files:
 			self.ignore_map[ignf].add(keypath)
diff --git a/powerline/lib/vcs/git.py b/powerline/lib/vcs/git.py
index db4e59d3..db4cdc77 100644
--- a/powerline/lib/vcs/git.py
+++ b/powerline/lib/vcs/git.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def do_status(directory, path, func):
 				raw = f.read().partition(b':')[2].strip()
 				gitd = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(directory, raw))
 		return get_file_status(directory, os.path.join(gitd, 'index'),
-					path, '.gitignore', func, extra_ignore_files=('.git/info/exclude',))
+					path, '.gitignore', func, extra_ignore_files=(os.path.join(gitd, '.git/info/exclude'),))
 	return func(directory, path)