diff --git a/__tests__/commands/pack.js b/__tests__/commands/pack.js
index cd825c67b8..e81fd0a4d1 100644
--- a/__tests__/commands/pack.js
+++ b/__tests__/commands/pack.js
@@ -67,6 +67,18 @@ test.concurrent('pack should include all files listed in the files array', (): P
   });
 });
 
+test.concurrent('pack should include files based from the package’s root', (): Promise<void> => {
+  return runPack([], {}, 'files-include-from-root', async (config): Promise<void> => {
+    const {cwd} = config;
+    const files = await getFilesFromArchive(
+      path.join(cwd, 'files-include-from-root-v1.0.0.tgz'),
+      path.join(cwd, 'files-include-from-root-v1.0.0'),
+    );
+    expect(files.indexOf('index.js')).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+    expect(files.indexOf('sub/index.js')).toEqual(-1);
+  });
+});
+
 test.concurrent('pack should included globbed files', (): Promise<void> => {
   return runPack([], {}, 'files-glob', async (config): Promise<void> => {
     const {cwd} = config;
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-include-from-root/index.js b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-include-from-root/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..452029d835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-include-from-root/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+console.log('included');
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-include-from-root/package.json b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-include-from-root/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94eca8baf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-include-from-root/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "name": "files-include-from-root",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "files": ["index.js"]
+}
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-include-from-root/sub/index.js b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-include-from-root/sub/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14816cc323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-include-from-root/sub/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+console.log('not included');
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/pack.js b/src/cli/commands/pack.js
index c84e107387..b6500751db 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/pack.js
+++ b/src/cli/commands/pack.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export async function packTarball(
       onlyFiles.map((filename: string): string => `!${filename}`),
       onlyFiles.map((filename: string): string => `!${path.join(filename, '**')}`),
     );
-    const regexes = ignoreLinesToRegex(lines, '.');
+    const regexes = ignoreLinesToRegex(lines, './');
     filters = filters.concat(regexes);
   }