diff --git a/projectile.el b/projectile.el
index 40f3ddb16..4ba179427 100644
--- a/projectile.el
+++ b/projectile.el
@@ -4475,7 +4475,7 @@ installed to work."
    (list (projectile--read-search-string-with-default
           (format "Ripgrep %ssearch for" (if current-prefix-arg "regexp " "")))
          current-prefix-arg))
-  (let ((args (mapcar (lambda (val) (concat "--glob !" val))
+  (let ((args (mapcar (lambda (val) (concat "--glob '!" val "'"))
                       (append projectile-globally-ignored-files
                               projectile-globally-ignored-directories))))
     ;; we rely on the external packages ripgrep and rg for the actual search