diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 394c76b51ae..5cef80f92fd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ src/qt/bitcoin-qt.includes
 
 # Only ignore unexpected patches
 *.patch
-!depends/patches/*.patch
+!depends/patches/**/*.patch
 
 #libtool object files
 *.lo