diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index 95b10cf22..9487729c3 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Makefile$
 ^doc/.*\.mdoc\.sed$
 ^doc/varsub$
 
-^init.d/*.sh$
+^init.d/.*.sh$
 
 ^pathnames\.h$
 ^src/sudo$