diff --git a/menu.c b/menu.c
index e91f84a80f1857233090ec588939dc42c39682d0..5a4bcd0181b12dccc55004ed7edbf4c93adad793 100644
--- a/menu.c
+++ b/menu.c
@@ -977,6 +977,9 @@ static int scandir_filter(const struct dirent *ent)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+	if (ent->d_name[0]=='.')
+		return 0;
+
 	ext = strrchr(ent->d_name, '.');
 	if (ext == NULL)
 		return 0;