diff --git a/core/lib/data_loader.js b/core/lib/data_loader.js
index a91911f3e..84044eefd 100644
--- a/core/lib/data_loader.js
+++ b/core/lib/data_loader.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const glob = require('glob'),
  * @returns {*}
  */
 function loadFile(dataFilesPath, fsDep) {
-  const dataFilesFullPath = dataFilesPath + '*.{json,yml,yaml}';
+  const dataFilesFullPath = dataFilesPath + '{.,[!-]*.}{json,yml,yaml}';
 
   if (dataFilesPath) {
     const dataFiles = glob.sync(dataFilesFullPath),
diff --git a/test/files/_data/foo-other.json b/test/files/_data/foo-other.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b6c4a3c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/_data/foo-other.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "foo": "wrong"
+}
\ No newline at end of file