diff --git a/pkg/sync/sync.go b/pkg/sync/sync.go
index 10546ea1511..e29a3457d03 100644
--- a/pkg/sync/sync.go
+++ b/pkg/sync/sync.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/devfile/library/v2/pkg/devfile/generator"
 	dfutil "github.com/devfile/library/v2/pkg/util"
+	gitignore "github.com/sabhiram/go-gitignore"
 
 	"github.com/redhat-developer/odo/pkg/exec"
 	"github.com/redhat-developer/odo/pkg/platform"
@@ -93,7 +94,6 @@ func (a SyncClient) SyncFiles(ctx context.Context, syncParameters SyncParameters
 		// Calculate the files to sync
 		// Tries to sync the deltas unless it is a forced push
 		// if it is a forced push (ForcePush) reset the index to do a full sync
-		absIgnoreRules := dfutil.GetAbsGlobExps(syncParameters.Path, syncParameters.IgnoredFiles)
 
 		// Before running the indexer, make sure the .odo folder exists (or else the index file will not get created)
 		odoFolder := filepath.Join(syncParameters.Path, ".odo")
@@ -128,7 +128,10 @@ func (a SyncClient) SyncFiles(ctx context.Context, syncParameters SyncParameters
 
 		// apply the glob rules from the .gitignore/.odoignore file
 		// and ignore the files on which the rules apply and filter them out
-		filesChangedFiltered, filesDeletedFiltered := dfutil.FilterIgnores(ret.FilesChanged, ret.FilesDeleted, absIgnoreRules)
+		filesChangedFiltered, filesDeletedFiltered, err := filterIgnores(syncParameters.Path, ret.FilesChanged, ret.FilesDeleted, syncParameters.IgnoredFiles)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
 
 		deletedFiles = append(filesDeletedFiltered, ret.RemoteDeleted...)
 		deletedFiles = append(deletedFiles, ret.RemoteDeleted...)
@@ -159,6 +162,32 @@ func (a SyncClient) SyncFiles(ctx context.Context, syncParameters SyncParameters
 	return true, nil
 }
 
+// filterIgnores applies the gitignore rules on the filesChanged and filesDeleted and filters them
+// returns the filtered results which match any of the gitignore rules
+func filterIgnores(path string, filesChanged, filesDeleted, absIgnoreRules []string) (filesChangedFiltered, filesDeletedFiltered []string, err error) {
+	ignoreMatcher := gitignore.CompileIgnoreLines(absIgnoreRules...)
+	for _, file := range filesChanged {
+		// filesChanged are absoute paths
+		rel, err := filepath.Rel(path, file)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("path=%q, file=%q, %w", path, file, err)
+		}
+		match := ignoreMatcher.MatchesPath(rel)
+		if !match {
+			filesChangedFiltered = append(filesChangedFiltered, file)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, file := range filesDeleted {
+		// filesDeleted are relative paths
+		match := ignoreMatcher.MatchesPath(file)
+		if !match {
+			filesDeletedFiltered = append(filesDeletedFiltered, file)
+		}
+	}
+	return filesChangedFiltered, filesDeletedFiltered, nil
+}
+
 // pushLocal syncs source code from the user's disk to the component
 func (a SyncClient) pushLocal(ctx context.Context, path string, files []string, delFiles []string, isForcePush bool, globExps []string, compInfo ComponentInfo, ret util.IndexerRet) error {
 	klog.V(4).Infof("Push: componentName: %s, path: %s, files: %s, delFiles: %s, isForcePush: %+v", compInfo.ComponentName, path, files, delFiles, isForcePush)
diff --git a/tests/integration/cmd_dev_test.go b/tests/integration/cmd_dev_test.go
index d6c4b213660..404b6c10cca 100644
--- a/tests/integration/cmd_dev_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/cmd_dev_test.go
@@ -1569,7 +1569,7 @@ ComponentSettings:
 		})
 
 		When("adding local files to gitignore and running odo dev", func() {
-			var gitignorePath, newDirPath, newFilePath1, newFilePath2, newFilePath3, stdOut, podName string
+			var gitignorePath, newDirPath, newFilePath1, newFilePath2, newFilePath3, newFilePath4, newFilePath5, stdOut, podName string
 			var session helper.DevSession
 			var devfileCmpName string
 			BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -1579,6 +1579,8 @@ ComponentSettings:
 				newDirPath = filepath.Join(commonVar.Context, "testdir")
 				newFilePath2 = filepath.Join(newDirPath, "foobar.txt")
 				newFilePath3 = filepath.Join(newDirPath, "baz.txt")
+				newFilePath4 = filepath.Join(newDirPath, "ignore.css")
+				newFilePath5 = filepath.Join(newDirPath, "main.css")
 				helper.CopyExample(filepath.Join("source", "devfiles", "nodejs", "project"), commonVar.Context)
 				helper.CopyExampleDevFile(
 					filepath.Join("source", "devfiles", "nodejs", "devfile.yaml"),
@@ -1598,7 +1600,15 @@ ComponentSettings:
 				if err := helper.CreateFileWithContent(newFilePath3, "hello world"); err != nil {
 					fmt.Printf("the foobar.txt file was not created, reason %v", err.Error())
 				}
-				if err := helper.CreateFileWithContent(gitignorePath, "foobar.txt"); err != nil {
+				if err := helper.CreateFileWithContent(newFilePath4, "div {}"); err != nil {
+					fmt.Printf("the %s file was not created, reason %v", newFilePath4, err.Error())
+				}
+				if err := helper.CreateFileWithContent(newFilePath5, "div {}"); err != nil {
+					fmt.Printf("the %s file was not created, reason %v", newFilePath5, err.Error())
+				}
+				if err := helper.CreateFileWithContent(gitignorePath, `foobar.txt
+*.css
+!main.css`); err != nil {
 					fmt.Printf("the .gitignore file was not created, reason %v", err.Error())
 				}
 				var err error
@@ -1617,6 +1627,8 @@ ComponentSettings:
 				stdOut = commonVar.CliRunner.ExecListDir(podName, commonVar.Project, "/projects/testdir")
 				helper.MatchAllInOutput(stdOut, []string{"baz.txt"})
 				helper.DontMatchAllInOutput(stdOut, []string{"foobar.txt"})
+				helper.MatchAllInOutput(stdOut, []string{"main.css"})
+				helper.DontMatchAllInOutput(stdOut, []string{"ignore.css"})
 			}
 
 			It("should not sync ignored files to the container", func() {