diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-trufflehog.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-trufflehog.yml
index 91ac3096..91984495 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-trufflehog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-trufflehog.yml
@@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ jobs:
           path:grafana\.json$
           EOF
 
+          if [[ -f ".trufflehogignore" ]]; then
+            echo "" >> /tmp/trufflehog-exclude.txt
+            echo "# Local .trufflehogignore" >> /tmp/trufflehog-exclude.txt
+            cat .trufflehogignore >> /tmp/trufflehog-exclude.txt
+            echo "Appended local .trufflehogignore"
+          fi
+
           echo "Created global exclusion patterns:"
           cat /tmp/trufflehog-exclude.txt