diff --git a/packages/nx/src/native/tests/watcher.spec.ts b/packages/nx/src/native/tests/watcher.spec.ts
index 954b593facdeea..80c95aa604f93d 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/native/tests/watcher.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/native/tests/watcher.spec.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ describe('watcher', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     temp = new TempFs('watch-dir');
     temp.createFilesSync({
-      '.gitignore': 'node_modules/',
-      '.nxignore': 'app2/',
+      '.gitignore': 'node_modules/\n.env.local',
+      '.nxignore': 'app2/\n!.env.local',
+      '.env.local': '',
       'app1/main.js': '',
       'app1/main.css': '',
       'app2/main.js': '',
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ describe('watcher', () => {
 
   afterEach(() => {
     watcher.stop();
+    watcher = undefined;
     temp.cleanup();
   });
 
@@ -134,6 +136,25 @@ describe('watcher', () => {
       temp.createFileSync('boo.txt', '');
     });
   });
+
+  it('should include files that are negated in nxignore but are ignored in gitignore', (done) => {
+    watcher = new Watcher(temp.tempDir);
+    watcher.watch((err, paths) => {
+      expect(paths).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+        [
+          {
+            "path": ".env.local",
+            "type": "update",
+          },
+        ]
+      `);
+      done();
+    });
+
+    wait(1000).then(() => {
+      temp.appendFile('.env.local', 'hello');
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 function wait(timeout = 500) {
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/native/watch/utils.rs b/packages/nx/src/native/watch/utils.rs
index 568afd8a55d4b5..968cd60d012169 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/native/watch/utils.rs
+++ b/packages/nx/src/native/watch/utils.rs
@@ -15,14 +15,20 @@ pub(super) fn get_ignore_files<T: AsRef<str>>(root: T) -> Vec<IgnoreFile> {
 
     let node_folder = PathBuf::from(root).join("node_modules");
     walker.filter_entry(move |entry| !entry.path().starts_with(&node_folder));
-    walker
+    let mut ignores = walker
         .build()
         .flatten()
         .filter(|result| {
             result.path().ends_with(".nxignore") || result.path().ends_with(".gitignore")
         })
-        .map(|result| {
-            let path: PathBuf = result.path().into();
+        .map(|result| result.path().into())
+        .collect::<Vec<PathBuf>>();
+
+    ignores.sort();
+
+    ignores
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|path| {
             let parent: PathBuf = path.parent().unwrap_or(&path).into();
             IgnoreFile {
                 path,
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/native/watch/watch_config.rs b/packages/nx/src/native/watch/watch_config.rs
index 353c20d95f808a..7ed93a29af2318 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/native/watch/watch_config.rs
+++ b/packages/nx/src/native/watch/watch_config.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pub(super) async fn create_runtime(
         .map_err(anyhow::Error::from)?;
 
     filter
-        .add_globs(&additional_globs, Some(&origin.into()))
+        .add_globs(additional_globs, Some(&origin.into()))
         .map_err(anyhow::Error::from)?;
 
     let mut runtime = RuntimeConfig::default();