diff --git a/lib/jekyll/command.rb b/lib/jekyll/command.rb
index 62a532f6..654f0ae3 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/command.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/command.rb
@@ -19,19 +19,29 @@ module Jekyll
         super(base)
       end
 
-      # Listing of all directories (globbed to include subfiles and folders)
+      # Paths to ignore for the watch option
       #
-      # source - the source path
-      # destination - the destination path
+      # options - A Hash of options passed to the command
       #
-      # Returns an Array of directory globs in the source, excluding the destination
-      def globs(source, destination)
-        Dir.chdir(source) do
-          dirs = Dir['*'].select { |x| File.directory?(x) }
-          dirs -= [destination, File.expand_path(destination), File.basename(destination)]
-          dirs = dirs.map { |x| "#{x}/**/*" }
-          dirs += ['*']
+      # Returns a list of relative paths from source that should be ignored
+      def ignore_paths(options)
+        source      = options['source']
+        destination = options['destination']
+        config_files = Configuration[options].config_files(options)
+        paths = config_files + Array(destination)
+        ignored = []
+
+        source_abs = Pathname.new(source).expand_path
+        paths.each do |p|
+          path_abs = Pathname.new(p).expand_path
+          begin
+            rel_path = path_abs.relative_path_from(source_abs).to_s
+            ignored << Regexp.new(Regexp.escape(rel_path)) unless rel_path.start_with?('../')
+          rescue ArgumentError
+            # Could not find a relative path
+          end
         end
+        ignored
       end
 
       # Run Site#process and catch errors
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/commands/build.rb b/lib/jekyll/commands/build.rb
index 816c5b3f..1374b0ef 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/commands/build.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/commands/build.rb
@@ -56,20 +56,9 @@ module Jekyll
         def watch(site, options)
           require 'listen'
 
-          source      = options['source']
-          destination = options['destination']
-
-          begin
-            dest    = Pathname.new(destination).relative_path_from(Pathname.new(source)).to_s
-            ignored = Regexp.new(Regexp.escape(dest))
-          rescue ArgumentError
-            # Destination is outside the source, no need to ignore it.
-            ignored = nil
-          end
-
           listener = Listen.to(
-            source,
-            :ignore => ignored,
+            options['source'],
+            :ignore => ignore_paths(options),
             :force_polling => options['force_polling']
           ) do |modified, added, removed|
             t = Time.now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
diff --git a/test/test_command.rb b/test/test_command.rb
index ef5b04b0..23f23379 100644
--- a/test/test_command.rb
+++ b/test/test_command.rb
@@ -1,38 +1,35 @@
 require 'helper'
 
 class TestCommand < Test::Unit::TestCase
-  context "when calling .globs" do
-    context "when non-default dest & source dirs" do
-      setup do
-        @source = source_dir
-        @dest   = dest_dir
-        directory_with_contents(@dest)
-        @globs  = Command.globs(@source, @dest)
-      end
-      should "return an array without the destination dir" do
-        assert @globs.is_a?(Array)
-        assert !@globs.include?(@dest)
-      end
-      teardown do
-        clear_dest
-      end
-    end
-    context "when using default dest dir" do
-      setup do
-        @source = test_dir
-        @dest   = test_dir('_site')
-        directory_with_contents(@dest)
-        @globs  = Command.globs(@source, @dest)
-      end
-      should "return an array without the destination dir" do
-        assert @globs.is_a?(Array)
-        assert !@globs.include?(@dest)
-        @globs.each do |glob|
-           assert !glob.include?(File.basename(@dest))
+  context "when calling .ignore_paths" do
+    context "when source is absolute" do
+      setup { @source = source_dir }
+      should "return an array with regex for destination" do
+        absolute = source_dir('dest')
+        relative = Pathname.new(source_dir('dest')).relative_path_from(Pathname.new('.').expand_path).to_s
+        [absolute, relative].each do |dest|
+          config = build_configs("source" => @source, "destination" => dest)
+          assert Command.ignore_paths(config).include?(/dest/), "failed with destination: #{dest}"
         end
       end
-      teardown do
-        FileUtils.rm_r(@dest)
+    end
+    context "when source is relative" do
+      setup { @source = Pathname.new(source_dir).relative_path_from(Pathname.new('.').expand_path).to_s }
+      should "return an array with regex for destination" do
+        absolute = source_dir('dest')
+        relative = Pathname.new(source_dir('dest')).relative_path_from(Pathname.new('.').expand_path).to_s
+        [absolute, relative].each do |dest|
+          config = build_configs("source" => @source, "destination" => dest)
+          assert Command.ignore_paths(config).include?(/dest/), "failed with destination: #{dest}"
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    context "multiple config files" do
+      should "return an array with regex for config files" do
+        config = build_configs("config"=> ["_config.yaml", "_config2.yml"])
+        ignore_paths = Command.ignore_paths(config)
+        assert ignore_paths.include?(/_config\.yaml/), 'did not include _config.yaml'
+        assert ignore_paths.include?(/_config2\.yml/), 'did not include _config2.yml'
       end
     end
   end