diff --git a/src/Deploy.php b/src/Deploy.php
index f0647ae..facbb7b 100644
--- a/src/Deploy.php
+++ b/src/Deploy.php
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ protected static function recursiveCopy($source, $dest, $exclude = array(), $git
 
             $destFile = sprintf('%s/%s', $dest, $file);
             if (is_dir($sourceFile)) {
-                self::recursiveCopy($sourceFile, $destFile, $exclude);
+                self::recursiveCopy($sourceFile, $destFile, $exclude, $gitignore);
                 continue;
             }