diff --git a/lib/util/glob-util.js b/lib/util/glob-util.js
index 4106ca5240d..03d1a2bdd9c 100644
--- a/lib/util/glob-util.js
+++ b/lib/util/glob-util.js
@@ -104,28 +104,22 @@ function resolveFileGlobPatterns(patterns, options) {
  * @returns {string[]} Resolved absolute filenames.
  */
 function listFilesToProcess(globPatterns, options) {
+    options = options || { ignore: true };
     const files = [],
         added = {};
 
     const cwd = (options && options.cwd) || process.cwd();
 
-    options = options || { ignore: true, dotfiles: true };
-    const ignoredPaths = new IgnoredPaths(options);
-    const globOptions = {
-        nodir: true,
-        cwd
-    };
-    const shouldIgnore = ignoredPaths.getIgnoredFoldersGlobChecker();
-
     /**
      * Executes the linter on a file defined by the `filename`. Skips
      * unsupported file extensions and any files that are already linted.
      * @param {string} filename The file to be processed
      * @param {boolean} shouldWarnIgnored Whether or not a report should be made if
      *                                    the file is ignored
+     * @param {IgnoredPaths} ignoredPaths An instance of IgnoredPaths
      * @returns {void}
      */
-    function addFile(filename, shouldWarnIgnored) {
+    function addFile(filename, shouldWarnIgnored, ignoredPaths) {
         let ignored = false;
         let isSilentlyIgnored;
 
@@ -160,10 +154,24 @@ function listFilesToProcess(globPatterns, options) {
         const file = path.resolve(cwd, pattern);
 
         if (shell.test("-f", file)) {
-            addFile(fs.realpathSync(file), !shell.test("-d", file));
+            const ignoredPaths = new IgnoredPaths(options);
+
+            addFile(fs.realpathSync(file), !shell.test("-d", file), ignoredPaths);
         } else {
+
+            // regex to find .hidden or /.hidden patterns, but not ./relative or ../relative
+            const globIncludesDotfiles = /(?:(?:^\.)|(?:[\/\\]\.))[^\/\\\.].*/.test(pattern);
+
+            const ignoredPaths = new IgnoredPaths(Object.assign({}, options, {dotfiles: options.dotfiles || globIncludesDotfiles}));
+            const shouldIgnore = ignoredPaths.getIgnoredFoldersGlobChecker();
+            const globOptions = {
+                nodir: true,
+                dot: true,
+                cwd,
+            };
+
             new GlobSync(pattern, globOptions, shouldIgnore).found.forEach(function(globMatch) {
-                addFile(path.resolve(cwd, globMatch), false);
+                addFile(path.resolve(cwd, globMatch), false, ignoredPaths);
             });
         }
     });
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/cli-engine/hidden/.hiddenfolder/double-quotes.js b/tests/fixtures/cli-engine/hidden/.hiddenfolder/double-quotes.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..96b076005a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/cli-engine/hidden/.hiddenfolder/double-quotes.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+var bar = "<div>Hello world!</div>";
+bar(bar);
diff --git a/tests/lib/cli-engine.js b/tests/lib/cli-engine.js
index ba46a3bc28a..8b2af233a13 100644
--- a/tests/lib/cli-engine.js
+++ b/tests/lib/cli-engine.js
@@ -523,6 +523,22 @@ describe("CLIEngine", function() {
             assert.equal(report.results[0].messages[0].message, expectedMsg);
         });
 
+        it("should report on globs with explicit inclusion of dotfiles, even though ignored by default", function() {
+
+            engine = new CLIEngine({
+                cwd: getFixturePath("cli-engine"),
+                rules: {
+                    quotes: [2, "single"]
+                }
+            });
+
+            const report = engine.executeOnFiles(["hidden/.hiddenfolder/*.js"]);
+
+            assert.equal(report.results.length, 1);
+            assert.equal(report.results[0].errorCount, 1);
+            assert.equal(report.results[0].warningCount, 0);
+        });
+
         it("should not check default ignored files without --no-ignore flag", function() {
 
             engine = new CLIEngine({
@@ -585,6 +601,26 @@ describe("CLIEngine", function() {
             assert.equal(report.results[0].messages[0].ruleId, "quotes");
         });
 
+        it("should check .hidden files if they are unignored with an --ignore-pattern", function() {
+
+            engine = new CLIEngine({
+                cwd: getFixturePath("cli-engine"),
+                ignore: true,
+                useEslintrc: false,
+                ignorePattern: "!.hidden*",
+                rules: {
+                    quotes: [2, "single"]
+                }
+            });
+
+            const report = engine.executeOnFiles(["hidden/"]);
+
+            assert.equal(report.results.length, 1);
+            assert.equal(report.results[0].warningCount, 0);
+            assert.equal(report.results[0].errorCount, 1);
+            assert.equal(report.results[0].messages[0].ruleId, "quotes");
+        });
+
         it("should report zero messages when given a pattern with a .js and a .js2 file", function() {
 
             engine = new CLIEngine({
diff --git a/tests/lib/util/glob-util.js b/tests/lib/util/glob-util.js
index f218a28bda7..efbef5699b2 100644
--- a/tests/lib/util/glob-util.js
+++ b/tests/lib/util/glob-util.js
@@ -199,7 +199,9 @@ describe("globUtil", function() {
 
         it("should not return hidden files for standard glob patterns", function() {
             const patterns = [getFixturePath("glob-util", "hidden", "**/*.js")];
-            const result = globUtil.listFilesToProcess(patterns);
+            const result = globUtil.listFilesToProcess(patterns, {
+                cwd: getFixturePath()
+            });
 
             assert.equal(result.length, 0);
         });
@@ -207,8 +209,7 @@ describe("globUtil", function() {
         it("should return hidden files if included in glob pattern", function() {
             const patterns = [getFixturePath("glob-util", "hidden", "**/.*.js")];
             const result = globUtil.listFilesToProcess(patterns, {
-                cwd: getFixturePath(),
-                dotfiles: true
+                cwd: getFixturePath()
             });
 
             const file1 = getFixturePath("glob-util", "hidden", ".foo.js");