diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7a882011..91d29940 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Bug fixes:
 * [BUG #829](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/829),
   [BUG #2731](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/2731),
   [BUG #2747](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/2747),
+  [BUG #2770](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/2770),
   [BUG #2778](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/2778),
   [BUG #2836](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/2836),
   [BUG #2933](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/pull/2933),
diff --git a/tests/regression.rs b/tests/regression.rs
index 83323cd8..8a7e3a44 100644
--- a/tests/regression.rs
+++ b/tests/regression.rs
@@ -1455,6 +1455,21 @@ rgtest!(r2658_null_data_line_regexp, |dir: Dir, mut cmd: TestCommand| {
     eqnice!("haystack:bar\0", got);
 });
 
+// See: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/2770
+rgtest!(r2770_gitignore_error, |dir: Dir, _cmd: TestCommand| {
+    dir.create(".git", "");
+    dir.create(".gitignore", "**/bar/*");
+    dir.create_dir("foo/bar");
+    dir.create("foo/bar/baz", "quux");
+
+    dir.command().arg("-l").arg("quux").assert_err();
+    dir.command()
+        .current_dir(dir.path().join("foo"))
+        .arg("-l")
+        .arg("quux")
+        .assert_err();
+});
+
 // See: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/pull/2944
 rgtest!(r2944_incorrect_bytes_searched, |dir: Dir, mut cmd: TestCommand| {
     dir.create("haystack", "foo1\nfoo2\nfoo3\nfoo4\nfoo5\n");