diff --git a/integration-tests/src/check.ts b/integration-tests/src/check.ts
index 6688c6b2f245..c9f01bf4b66a 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/check.ts
+++ b/integration-tests/src/check.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { PrefixLogger } from './PrefixLogger';
 import { Logger } from './types';
 
 const config = readConfig();
-const cspellArgs = '-u --no-progress --relative --show-context';
+const cspellArgs = '-u --no-progress --relative --show-context --gitignore --gitignore-root=. ';
 const jsCspell = JSON.stringify(Path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', 'bin.js'));
 
 const cspellCommand = `node ${jsCspell} ${cspellArgs}`;