diff --git a/packages/fuzzy-finder/lib/path-loader.js b/packages/fuzzy-finder/lib/path-loader.js
index 3f4adb8562..70d3e1ac97 100644
--- a/packages/fuzzy-finder/lib/path-loader.js
+++ b/packages/fuzzy-finder/lib/path-loader.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ module.exports = {
     const ignoreVcsIgnores = atom.config.get('core.excludeVcsIgnoredPaths')
     const projectPaths = atom.project.getPaths().map((path) => fs.realpathSync(path))
     const useRipGrep = atom.config.get('fuzzy-finder.useRipGrep')
+    const indexIgnoredPaths = atom.config.get('fuzzy-finder.indexIgnoredPaths')
 
     const task = Task.once(
       taskPath,
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ module.exports = {
           ignoreVcsIgnores,
           ignoredNames,
           useRipGrep,
+          indexIgnoredPaths
       },
       () => callback(results)
     )
diff --git a/packages/fuzzy-finder/package.json b/packages/fuzzy-finder/package.json
index 8843083b95..1862807c3c 100644
--- a/packages/fuzzy-finder/package.json
+++ b/packages/fuzzy-finder/package.json
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@
       "default": true,
       "description": "Use the substantially faster `ripgrep` crawler."
     },
+    "indexIgnoredPaths": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": false,
+      "description": "Index VCS ignored paths so that they can be searched when the typed query begins with `!`. (Has no effect if not using the `ripgrep` crawler.)"
+    },
     "prefillFromSelection": {
       "type": "boolean",
       "default": false,