diff --git a/generator-engine/src/main/java/hu/blackbelt/judo/meta/psm/generator/engine/PsmGenerator.java b/generator-engine/src/main/java/hu/blackbelt/judo/meta/psm/generator/engine/PsmGenerator.java
index f03ad62b..414c10c3 100644
--- a/generator-engine/src/main/java/hu/blackbelt/judo/meta/psm/generator/engine/PsmGenerator.java
+++ b/generator-engine/src/main/java/hu/blackbelt/judo/meta/psm/generator/engine/PsmGenerator.java
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.support.StandardEvaluationContext;
 
 import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
+import java.nio.file.PathMatcher;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
@@ -320,7 +323,17 @@ public static void synchronizeGitignoreInDirectory(PsmGeneratorParameter paramet
                 .filter(genericParams.getDiscriminatorPredicate())
                 .collect(Collectors.toSet());
 
-        ModelGenerator.synchronizeGitignoreInDirectory(genericParams, applications,  (f) -> ignoredFiles.contains(f));
+        ModelGenerator.synchronizeGitignoreInDirectory(genericParams, applications, getIgnoredFileMatcher(ignoredFiles));
+    }
+
+    public static Function<String, Boolean> getIgnoredFileMatcher(Collection<String> ignoredGlobs) {
+        return path -> {
+            Boolean match = ignoredGlobs.stream().anyMatch((glob) -> {
+                final PathMatcher pathMatcher = FileSystems.getDefault().getPathMatcher("glob:" + glob);
+                return pathMatcher.matches(Paths.get(path));
+            });
+            return match;
+        };
     }
 
     public static void recalculateChecksumForDirectory(PsmGeneratorParameter.PsmGeneratorParameterBuilder builder) throws Exception {
diff --git a/generator-engine/src/test/java/hu/blackbelt/judo/meta/psm/generator/engine/PsmGeneratorTest.java b/generator-engine/src/test/java/hu/blackbelt/judo/meta/psm/generator/engine/PsmGeneratorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2e82196
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generator-engine/src/test/java/hu/blackbelt/judo/meta/psm/generator/engine/PsmGeneratorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package hu.blackbelt.judo.meta.psm.generator.engine;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import static hu.blackbelt.judo.meta.psm.generator.engine.PsmGenerator.*;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+
+public class PsmGeneratorTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void testFileIgnore() throws Exception {
+        Collection<String> ignoredFiles = ImmutableSet.<String>builder()
+                .add("pom.xml")
+                .add("**/pom.xml")
+                .build();
+
+        assertTrue(getIgnoredFileMatcher(ignoredFiles).apply("pom.xml"));
+        assertFalse(getIgnoredFileMatcher(ignoredFiles).apply("readme.txt"));
+        assertTrue(getIgnoredFileMatcher(ignoredFiles).apply("rest/pom.xml"));
+        assertTrue(getIgnoredFileMatcher(ignoredFiles).apply("rest/other/pom.xml"));
+
+    }
+}