diff --git a/src/python/pants/scm/git.py b/src/python/pants/scm/git.py
index 793bbac42b8..9672aa0fd44 100644
--- a/src/python/pants/scm/git.py
+++ b/src/python/pants/scm/git.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def changed_files(self, from_commit=None, include_untracked=False, relative_to=N
                                              raise_type=Scm.LocalException)
       files.update(committed_changes.split())
     if include_untracked:
-      untracked_cmd = ['ls-files', '--other', '--exclude-standard'] + rel_suffix
+      untracked_cmd = ['ls-files', '--other', '--exclude-standard', '--full-name'] + rel_suffix
       untracked = self._check_output(untracked_cmd,
                                      raise_type=Scm.LocalException)
       files.update(untracked.split())