diff --git a/file.h b/file.h
index 69ec514bd6..308f74a127 100644
--- a/file.h
+++ b/file.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ struct string_list *dir_list_new(const char *dir, const char *ext, bool include_
 void dir_list_sort(struct string_list *list, bool dir_first);
 void dir_list_free(struct string_list *list);
 bool string_list_find_elem(const struct string_list *list, const char *elem);
+bool string_list_find_elem_prefix(const struct string_list *list, const char *prefix, const char *elem);
 struct string_list *string_split(const char *str, const char *delim);
 
 bool path_is_directory(const char *path);
diff --git a/file_path.c b/file_path.c
index 60a395df22..c7dbdd08e9 100644
--- a/file_path.c
+++ b/file_path.c
@@ -152,6 +152,24 @@ bool string_list_find_elem(const struct string_list *list, const char *elem)
    return false;
 }
 
+bool string_list_find_elem_prefix(const struct string_list *list, const char *prefix, const char *elem)
+{
+   if (!list)
+      return false;
+
+   char prefixed[PATH_MAX];
+   snprintf(prefixed, sizeof(prefixed), "%s%s", prefix, elem);
+
+   for (size_t i = 0; i < list->size; i++)
+   {
+      if (strcmp(list->elems[i].data, elem) == 0 ||
+            strcmp(list->elems[i].data, prefixed) == 0)
+         return true;
+   }
+
+   return false;
+}
+
 const char *path_get_extension(const char *path)
 {
    const char *ext = strrchr(path, '.');
@@ -222,7 +240,7 @@ struct string_list *dir_list_new(const char *dir, const char *ext, bool include_
       if (!include_dirs && is_dir)
          continue;
 
-      if (!is_dir && ext_list && !string_list_find_elem(ext_list, file_ext))
+      if (!is_dir && ext_list && !string_list_find_elem_prefix(ext_list, ".", file_ext))
          continue;
 
       char file_path[PATH_MAX];
@@ -279,7 +297,7 @@ struct string_list *dir_list_new(const char *dir, const char *ext, bool include_
       if (strcmp(name, ".") == 0 || strcmp(name, "..") == 0)
          continue;
 
-      if (!is_dir && ext_list && !string_list_find_elem(ext_list, file_ext))
+      if (!is_dir && ext_list && !string_list_find_elem_prefix(ext_list, ".", file_ext))
          continue;
 
       char file_path[PATH_MAX];