diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f0d8fb29..ffcda3fd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -980,6 +980,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "notify-debouncer-mini",
  "once_cell",
  "opener",
+ "pathdiff",
  "predicates",
  "pretty_assertions",
  "pulldown-cmark",
@@ -1159,6 +1160,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pathdiff"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8835116a5c179084a830efb3adc117ab007512b535bc1a21c991d3b32a6b44dd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "percent-encoding"
 version = "2.3.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c0790300..385aa470 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ log = "0.4.17"
 memchr = "2.5.0"
 opener = "0.6.1"
 pulldown-cmark = { version = "0.9.3", default-features = false }
+pathdiff = "0.2.1"
 regex = "1.8.1"
 serde = { version = "1.0.163", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.96"
diff --git a/src/cmd/watch.rs b/src/cmd/watch.rs
index b0344bb0..80b9ff1b 100644
--- a/src/cmd/watch.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/watch.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use ignore::gitignore::Gitignore;
 use mdbook::errors::Result;
 use mdbook::utils;
 use mdbook::MDBook;
+use pathdiff::diff_paths;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::sync::mpsc::channel;
 use std::thread::sleep;
@@ -86,12 +87,21 @@ fn find_gitignore(book_root: &Path) -> Option<PathBuf> {
         .find(|p| p.exists())
 }
 
+// Note: The usage of `canonicalize` may encounter occasional failures on the Windows platform, presenting a potential risk.
+// For more details, refer to [Pull Request #2229](https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/pull/2229#discussion_r1408665981).
 fn filter_ignored_files(ignore: Gitignore, paths: &[PathBuf]) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+    let ignore_root = ignore
+        .path()
+        .canonicalize()
+        .expect("ignore root canonicalize error");
+
     paths
         .iter()
         .filter(|path| {
+            let relative_path =
+                diff_paths(&path, &ignore_root).expect("One of the paths should be an absolute");
             !ignore
-                .matched_path_or_any_parents(path, path.is_dir())
+                .matched_path_or_any_parents(&relative_path, relative_path.is_dir())
                 .is_ignore()
         })
         .map(|path| path.to_path_buf())
@@ -176,3 +186,44 @@ where
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use ignore::gitignore::GitignoreBuilder;
+    use std::env;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_filter_ignored_files() {
+        let current_dir = env::current_dir().unwrap();
+
+        let ignore = GitignoreBuilder::new(&current_dir)
+            .add_line(None, "*.html")
+            .unwrap()
+            .build()
+            .unwrap();
+        let should_remain = current_dir.join("record.text");
+        let should_filter = current_dir.join("index.html");
+
+        let remain = filter_ignored_files(ignore, &[should_remain.clone(), should_filter]);
+        assert_eq!(remain, vec![should_remain])
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn filter_ignored_files_should_handle_parent_dir() {
+        let current_dir = env::current_dir().unwrap();
+
+        let ignore = GitignoreBuilder::new(&current_dir)
+            .add_line(None, "*.html")
+            .unwrap()
+            .build()
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let parent_dir = current_dir.join("..");
+        let should_remain = parent_dir.join("record.text");
+        let should_filter = parent_dir.join("index.html");
+
+        let remain = filter_ignored_files(ignore, &[should_remain.clone(), should_filter]);
+        assert_eq!(remain, vec![should_remain])
+    }
+}