diff --git a/plugins/FeedsFileFetcher.inc b/plugins/FeedsFileFetcher.inc
index ed5f9458f5558ff153b19a120d7ef91525840719..3d7d5fb64c55e19d84f2c0c1da27ae3080f070f0 100644
--- a/plugins/FeedsFileFetcher.inc
+++ b/plugins/FeedsFileFetcher.inc
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class FeedsFileFetcher extends FeedsFetcher {
     $files = array();
     if ($items = scandir($dir)) {
       foreach ($items as $item) {
-        if (is_file("$dir/$item")) {
+        if (is_file("$dir/$item") && strpos($item, '.') !== 0) {
           $files[] = "$dir/$item";
         }
       }