diff --git a/src/core/create_routes.ts b/src/core/create_routes.ts
index 5ebdad9e1..c3050666c 100644
--- a/src/core/create_routes.ts
+++ b/src/core/create_routes.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Route } from '../interfaces';
 export default function create_routes({ files } = { files: glob.sync('**/*.*', { cwd: locations.routes(), dot: true, nodir: true }) }) {
 	const routes: Route[] = files
 		.map((file: string) => {
-			if (/(^|\/|\\)_/.test(file)) return;
+			if (/(^|\/|\\)(_|\.(?!well-known))/.test(file)) return;
 
 			if (/]\[/.test(file)) {
 				throw new Error(`Invalid route ${file} — parameters must be separated`);
diff --git a/test/unit/create_routes.test.js b/test/unit/create_routes.test.js
index 112e95c6b..8b523506d 100644
--- a/test/unit/create_routes.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/create_routes.test.js
@@ -150,6 +150,17 @@ describe('create_routes', () => {
 		);
 	});
 
+	it('ignores files and directories with leading dots except .well-known', () => {
+		const routes = create_routes({
+			files: ['.well-known', '.unknown']
+		});
+
+		assert.deepEqual(
+			routes.map(r => r.file),
+			['.well-known']
+		);
+	});
+
 	it('matches /foo/:bar before /:baz/qux', () => {
 		const a = create_routes({
 			files: ['foo/[bar].html', '[baz]/qux.html']