diff --git a/doc/NERD_tree.txt b/doc/NERD_tree.txt
index 99814ba..459f391 100644
--- a/doc/NERD_tree.txt
+++ b/doc/NERD_tree.txt
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ NERD tree. These options should be set in your vimrc.
 
 |'NERDTreeIgnore'|              Tells the NERD tree which files to ignore.
 
-|'NERDTreeWildIgnore'|          Tells the NERD tree to respect |'wildignore'|.
+|'NERDTreeRespectWildIgnore'|   Tells the NERD tree to respect |'wildignore'|.
 
 |'NERDTreeBookmarksFile'|       Where the bookmarks are stored.
 
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ The file filters can be turned on and off dynamically with the |NERDTree-f|
 mapping.
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-                                                        *'NERDTreeWildIgnore'*
+                                                *'NERDTreeRespectWildIgnore'*
 Values: 0 or 1.
 Default: 0.
 
diff --git a/lib/nerdtree/tree_dir_node.vim b/lib/nerdtree/tree_dir_node.vim
index d6a7c5f..3d23cca 100644
--- a/lib/nerdtree/tree_dir_node.vim
+++ b/lib/nerdtree/tree_dir_node.vim
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ function! s:TreeDirNode._initChildren(silent)
     let dir = self.path
     let globDir = dir.str({'format': 'Glob'})
 
-    if version >= 703 && g:NERDTreeWildIgnore
-        let filesStr = globpath(globDir, '*', 1) . "\n" . globpath(globDir, '.*', 1)
+    if version >= 703
+        let filesStr = globpath(globDir, '*', !g:NERDTreeRespectWildIgnore) . "\n" . globpath(globDir, '.*', !g:NERDTreeRespectWildIgnore)
     else
         let filesStr = globpath(globDir, '*') . "\n" . globpath(globDir, '.*')
     endif
diff --git a/plugin/NERD_tree.vim b/plugin/NERD_tree.vim
index c3b9dfd..3b7db11 100644
--- a/plugin/NERD_tree.vim
+++ b/plugin/NERD_tree.vim
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ call s:initVariable("g:NERDTreeHijackNetrw", 1)
 call s:initVariable("g:NERDTreeMouseMode", 1)
 call s:initVariable("g:NERDTreeNotificationThreshold", 100)
 call s:initVariable("g:NERDTreeQuitOnOpen", 0)
+call s:initVariable("g:NERDTreeRespectWildIgnore", 0)
 call s:initVariable("g:NERDTreeShowBookmarks", 0)
 call s:initVariable("g:NERDTreeShowFiles", 1)
 call s:initVariable("g:NERDTreeShowHidden", 0)