diff --git a/xbmc/FileSystem/HDDirectory.cpp b/xbmc/FileSystem/HDDirectory.cpp
index 11b1f21..320061c 100644
--- a/xbmc/FileSystem/HDDirectory.cpp
+++ b/xbmc/FileSystem/HDDirectory.cpp
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ bool CHDDirectory::GetDirectory(const CStdString& strPath1, CFileItemList &items
             FileTimeToLocalFileTime(&wfd.ftLastWriteTime, &localTime);
             pItem->m_dateTime=localTime;
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+          // Hide dotfiles on win32 too!
+          CRegEx re;
+          if (re.RegComp("^\."))
+            pItem->SetProperty("file:hidden", re.RegFind(wfd.cFileName) != -1)
+#endif
+
             if (wfd.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN)
               pItem->SetProperty("file:hidden", true);
             items.Add(pItem);
@@ -136,6 +143,13 @@ bool CHDDirectory::GetDirectory(const CStdString& strPath1, CFileItemList &items
           FileTimeToLocalFileTime(&wfd.ftLastWriteTime, &localTime);
           pItem->m_dateTime=localTime;
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+          // Hide dotfiles on win32 too!
+          CRegEx re;
+          if (re.RegComp("^\."))
+            pItem->SetProperty("file:hidden", re.RegFind(wfd.cFileName) != -1)
+#endif
+
           if (wfd.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN)
             pItem->SetProperty("file:hidden", true);
 
diff --git a/xbmc/FileSystem/SMBDirectory.cpp b/xbmc/FileSystem/SMBDirectory.cpp
index e6af871..0feb6dd 100644
--- a/xbmc/FileSystem/SMBDirectory.cpp
+++ b/xbmc/FileSystem/SMBDirectory.cpp
@@ -166,6 +166,15 @@ bool CSMBDirectory::GetDirectory(const CStdString& strPath, CFileItemList &items
 #ifndef _LINUX
             if ((info.st_mode & S_IXOTH))
               hidden = true;
+            else
+            {
+              // Hide dotfiles on win32 too!
+              CRegEx re;
+              if (re.RegComp("^\."))
+                hidden = (re.RegFind(wfd.cFileName) != -1);
+            }
+#endif
+
 #else
             char value[20];
             // We poll for extended attributes which symbolizes bits but split up into a string. Where 0x02 is hidden and 0x12 is hidden directory.