diff --git a/crates/turborepo-lib/src/run/global_hash.rs b/crates/turborepo-lib/src/run/global_hash.rs
index aa8d44431c2ca..b5529e1104dcd 100644
--- a/crates/turborepo-lib/src/run/global_hash.rs
+++ b/crates/turborepo-lib/src/run/global_hash.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ use std::{
     str::FromStr,
 };
 
+use either::Either;
 use globwalk::{ValidatedGlob, WalkType};
+use itertools::Itertools;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use tracing::debug;
 use turbopath::{AbsoluteSystemPath, AbsoluteSystemPathBuf, RelativeUnixPathBuf};
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ fn collect_global_deps(
     if global_file_dependencies.is_empty() {
         return Ok(HashSet::new());
     }
-    let raw_exclusions = match package_manager.get_workspace_globs(root_path) {
+    let workspace_exclusions = match package_manager.get_workspace_globs(root_path) {
         Ok(globs) => globs.raw_exclusions,
         // If we hit a missing workspaces error, we could be in single package mode
         // so we should just use the default globs
@@ -128,13 +130,21 @@ fn collect_global_deps(
             return Err(err.into());
         }
     };
-    let exclusions = raw_exclusions
+    let (raw_inclusions, raw_exclusions): (Vec<_>, Vec<_>) = global_file_dependencies
         .iter()
-        .map(|e| ValidatedGlob::from_str(e))
+        .partition_map(|glob| match glob.strip_prefix('!') {
+            None => Either::Left(glob.as_str()),
+            Some(exclusion) => Either::Right(exclusion),
+        });
+    let exclusions = workspace_exclusions
+        .iter()
+        .map(|s| s.as_str())
+        .chain(raw_exclusions.iter().copied())
+        .map(ValidatedGlob::from_str)
         .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
 
     #[cfg(not(windows))]
-    let inclusions = global_file_dependencies
+    let inclusions = raw_inclusions
         .iter()
         .map(|i| ValidatedGlob::from_str(i))
         .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
diff --git a/turborepo-tests/integration/fixtures/global_deps/README.md b/turborepo-tests/integration/fixtures/global_deps/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8b07e5a1b1e03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/turborepo-tests/integration/fixtures/global_deps/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# My Monorepo
+
+Hello!
diff --git a/turborepo-tests/integration/fixtures/global_deps/turbo.json b/turborepo-tests/integration/fixtures/global_deps/turbo.json
index 94c68c1be65a4..b809448be70bf 100644
--- a/turborepo-tests/integration/fixtures/global_deps/turbo.json
+++ b/turborepo-tests/integration/fixtures/global_deps/turbo.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://turbo.build/schema.json",
-  "globalDependencies": ["global_deps/**"],
+  "globalDependencies": ["global_deps/**", "!global_deps/**/*.md"],
   "globalEnv": ["SOME_ENV_VAR"],
   "tasks": {
     "build": {
diff --git a/turborepo-tests/integration/tests/global-deps.t b/turborepo-tests/integration/tests/global-deps.t
index bcda1fe66e165..d621740629779 100644
--- a/turborepo-tests/integration/tests/global-deps.t
+++ b/turborepo-tests/integration/tests/global-deps.t
@@ -24,3 +24,14 @@ Run a build
   Cached:    0 cached, 1 total
     Time:\s*[\.0-9]+m?s  (re)
   
+  $ echo "Submit a PR!" >> global_deps/CONTRIBUTING.md
+  $ ${TURBO} build -F my-app --output-logs=hash-only
+  \xe2\x80\xa2 Packages in scope: my-app (esc)
+  \xe2\x80\xa2 Running build in 1 packages (esc)
+  \xe2\x80\xa2 Remote caching disabled (esc)
+  my-app:build: cache hit, suppressing logs ded57f1945fa82be
+  
+   Tasks:    1 successful, 1 total
+  Cached:    1 cached, 1 total
+    Time:\s*[\.0-9]+m?s >>> FULL TURBO (re)
+