diff --git a/src/lib/converter/converter.ts b/src/lib/converter/converter.ts
index 8c015a922..4aae0dea9 100644
--- a/src/lib/converter/converter.ts
+++ b/src/lib/converter/converter.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export class Converter extends ChildableComponent<
     @BindOption("externalPattern")
     externalPattern!: string[];
     private externalPatternCache?: IMinimatch[];
+    private excludeCache?: IMinimatch[];
 
     @BindOption("excludeExternals")
     excludeExternals!: boolean;
@@ -384,6 +385,10 @@ export class Converter extends ChildableComponent<
             return true;
         }
 
+        if (this.isExcluded(symbol)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
         if (!this.excludeExternals) {
             return false;
         }
@@ -391,6 +396,22 @@ export class Converter extends ChildableComponent<
         return this.isExternal(symbol);
     }
 
+    private isExcluded(symbol: ts.Symbol) {
+        this.excludeCache ??= createMinimatch(this.application.exclude);
+
+        for (const node of symbol.getDeclarations() ?? []) {
+            if (
+                this.excludeCache.some((p) =>
+                    p.match(node.getSourceFile().fileName)
+                )
+            ) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /** @internal */
     isExternal(symbol: ts.Symbol) {
         this.externalPatternCache ??= createMinimatch(this.externalPattern);
diff --git a/src/test/converter2.test.ts b/src/test/converter2.test.ts
index 583cd9191..71ec8724c 100644
--- a/src/test/converter2.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/converter2.test.ts
@@ -186,6 +186,14 @@ const issueTests: Record<string, (project: ProjectReflection) => void> = {
         equal(query(project, "emptyObj").defaultValue, "{}");
         equal(query(project, "nonEmptyObj").defaultValue, "...");
     },
+
+    gh1578(project) {
+        ok(query(project, "notIgnored"));
+        ok(
+            !project.findReflectionByName("ignored"),
+            "Symbol re-exported from ignored file is ignored."
+        );
+    },
 };
 
 describe("Converter2", () => {
@@ -221,7 +229,7 @@ describe("Converter2", () => {
                 join(base, "issues", `${entry}.d.ts`),
                 join(base, "issues", `${entry}.tsx`),
                 join(base, "issues", `${entry}.js`),
-                join(base, "issues", entry),
+                join(base, "issues", entry, "index.ts"),
             ].find(existsSync);
 
             ok(entryPoint, `No entry point found for ${entry}`);
diff --git a/src/test/converter2/issues/gh1578/ignored.ts b/src/test/converter2/issues/gh1578/ignored.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c4e8aea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/converter2/issues/gh1578/ignored.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const ignored = true;
diff --git a/src/test/converter2/issues/gh1578/index.ts b/src/test/converter2/issues/gh1578/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c003a7b47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/converter2/issues/gh1578/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export { ignored } from "./ignored";
+export const notIgnored = true;
diff --git a/src/test/converter2/tsconfig.json b/src/test/converter2/tsconfig.json
index 9b0acb858..674d64473 100644
--- a/src/test/converter2/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/test/converter2/tsconfig.json
@@ -8,5 +8,8 @@
 
         // See #1524. We might force this to false eventually.
         "skipLibCheck": true
+    },
+    "typedocOptions": {
+        "exclude": ["**/ignored.ts"]
     }
 }