diff --git a/snowpack/src/commands/build.ts b/snowpack/src/commands/build.ts
index a93634baa9..338b282b6d 100644
--- a/snowpack/src/commands/build.ts
+++ b/snowpack/src/commands/build.ts
@@ -103,9 +103,10 @@ export async function build(commandOptions: CommandOptions): Promise<SnowpackBui
   for (const [mountKey, mountEntry] of Object.entries(config.mount)) {
     logger.debug(`Mounting directory: '${mountKey}' as URL '${mountEntry.url}'`);
     const files = (await new fdir().withFullPaths().crawl(mountKey).withPromise()) as string[];
-    const excludePrivate = new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}\\.`);
+    const excludePrivate = new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}\\..+(?!\\${path.sep})`);
     const excludeGlobs = [...config.exclude, ...config.testOptions.files];
     const foundExcludeMatch = picomatch(excludeGlobs);
+
     for (const f of files) {
       if (excludePrivate.test(f) || foundExcludeMatch(f)) {
         continue;
diff --git a/snowpack/src/commands/dev.ts b/snowpack/src/commands/dev.ts
index 0f31df075f..00b94c4276 100644
--- a/snowpack/src/commands/dev.ts
+++ b/snowpack/src/commands/dev.ts
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ export async function startServer(
     ...config.exclude,
     ...(process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test' ? [] : config.testOptions.files),
   ];
-  const excludePrivate = new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}\\.`);
+
   const foundExcludeMatch = picomatch(excludeGlobs);
 
   for (const [mountKey, mountEntry] of Object.entries(config.mount)) {
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ export async function startServer(
       // Note: exclude() only matches directories, and not files. However, the cost
       // of false positives here is minor, so do this as a quick check to possibly
       // skip scanning into entire folder trees.
-      .exclude((_, dirPath) => excludePrivate.test(dirPath) || foundExcludeMatch(dirPath))
+      .exclude((_, dirPath) => foundExcludeMatch(dirPath))
       .crawl(mountKey)
       .withPromise()) as string[];
 
diff --git a/test/build/import-dot-folder/import-dot-folder.test.js b/test/build/import-dot-folder/import-dot-folder.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b88699b94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/build/import-dot-folder/import-dot-folder.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+const path = require('path');
+const {setupBuildTest, readFiles, stripWS} = require('../../test-utils');
+
+const cwd = path.join(__dirname, 'build');
+let files = {};
+
+describe('import-dot-folder', () => {
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    setupBuildTest(__dirname);
+    files = readFiles(cwd);
+    console.log(files);
+  });
+
+  it('importing files in a dot folder works', () => {
+    expect(files['/_dist_/.dot/file.js']).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/build/import-dot-folder/package.json b/test/build/import-dot-folder/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ba849604a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/build/import-dot-folder/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "private": true,
+  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "name": "@snowpack/test-import-dot-folder",
+  "description": "A test to make sure importing folders with dots in them works",
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "snowpack dev",
+    "testbuild": "snowpack build"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "snowpack": "^3.0.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/build/import-dot-folder/snowpack.config.json b/test/build/import-dot-folder/snowpack.config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c1b129441
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/build/import-dot-folder/snowpack.config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "mount": {
+    "./src": "/_dist_"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/build/import-dot-folder/src/.dot/file.js b/test/build/import-dot-folder/src/.dot/file.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db5a97119c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/build/import-dot-folder/src/.dot/file.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const a = 'b';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/build/import-dot-folder/src/index.js b/test/build/import-dot-folder/src/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aba5d7a9e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/build/import-dot-folder/src/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import {a} from './.dot/file.js';
+
+console.log('i got', a);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test-utils.js b/test/test-utils.js
index 0343e8c020..f5526cf26c 100644
--- a/test/test-utils.js
+++ b/test/test-utils.js
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ function readFiles(directory, {ignore} = {}) {
   const allFiles = glob.sync(`**/*.{${UTF8_FRIENDLY_EXTS.join(',')}}`, {
     cwd: directory,
     nodir: true,
+    dot: true,
     ignore,
   });