diff --git a/src/app/editor.coffee b/src/app/editor.coffee
index 71ad5498b..a7a9a14aa 100644
--- a/src/app/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/editor.coffee
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ class Editor extends View
         'editor:toggle-line-comments': @toggleLineCommentsInSelection
         'editor:log-cursor-scope': @logCursorScope
         'editor:checkout-head-revision': @checkoutHead
+        'editor:toggle-ignored-files': @toggleIgnoredFiles
 
     documentation = {}
     for name, method of editorBindings
@@ -953,6 +954,9 @@ class Editor extends View
   toggleLineCommentsInSelection: ->
     @activeEditSession.toggleLineCommentsInSelection()
 
+  toggleIgnoredFiles: ->
+    @rootView().toggleIgnoredFiles()
+
   logRenderedLines: ->
     @renderedLines.find('.line').each (n) ->
       console.log n, $(this).text()
diff --git a/src/app/project.coffee b/src/app/project.coffee
index cd903b0cb..d8df938cc 100644
--- a/src/app/project.coffee
+++ b/src/app/project.coffee
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class Project
   autoIndent: true
   softTabs: true
   softWrap: false
-  hideIgnoredFiles: false
+  hideIgnoredFiles: true
   rootDirectory: null
   editSessions: null
   ignoredPathRegexes: null
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class Project
     for regex in @ignoredPathRegexes
       return true if path.match(regex)
 
-    return true if @repo.isPathIgnored(path)
+    return true if @hideIgnoredFiles and @repo.isPathIgnored(path)
 
     return false
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class Project
       return true if name is ignored
     for regex in @ignoredPathRegexes
       return true if path.match(regex)
-    return true if @repo.isPathIgnored(path)
+    return true if @hideIgnoredFiles and @repo.isPathIgnored(path)
 
     return false
 
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ class Project
   getSoftWrap: -> @softWrap
   setSoftWrap: (@softWrap) ->
 
+  toggleIgnoredFiles: -> @setHideIgnoredFiles(not @hideIgnoredFiles)
   getHideIgnoredFiles: -> @hideIgnoredFiles
   setHideIgnoredFiles: (@hideIgnoredFiles) ->
 
diff --git a/src/app/root-view.coffee b/src/app/root-view.coffee
index cc3610a20..1e5c6191f 100644
--- a/src/app/root-view.coffee
+++ b/src/app/root-view.coffee
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ class RootView extends View
     @showInvisibles = showInvisibles
     editor.setShowInvisibles(@showInvisibles) for editor in @getEditors()
 
+  toggleIgnoredFiles: ->
+    @project.toggleIgnoredFiles()
+
   getEditors: ->
     @panes.find('.pane > .editor').map(-> $(this).view()).toArray()