diff --git a/autoload/gitgutter/utility.vim b/autoload/gitgutter/utility.vim
index 5f4d815..d497938 100644
--- a/autoload/gitgutter/utility.vim
+++ b/autoload/gitgutter/utility.vim
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ function! gitgutter#utility#set_repo_path(bufnr) abort
   " *               -2 - not tracked by git
 
   call gitgutter#utility#setbufvar(a:bufnr, 'path', -1)
-  let cmd = gitgutter#utility#cd_cmd(a:bufnr, g:gitgutter_git_executable.' ls-files --error-unmatch --full-name '.gitgutter#utility#shellescape(s:filename(a:bufnr)))
+  let cmd = gitgutter#utility#cd_cmd(a:bufnr, g:gitgutter_git_executable.' ls-files --error-unmatch --full-name -- '.gitgutter#utility#shellescape(s:filename(a:bufnr)))
 
   if g:gitgutter_async && gitgutter#async#available()
     if has('lambda')