die("more than one --exclude-per-directory are given.");
 
                        dir = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*opts.dir));
-                       dir->show_ignored = 1;
+                       dir->flags |= DIR_SHOW_IGNORED;
                        dir->exclude_per_dir = arg + 24;
                        opts.dir = dir;
                        /* We do not need to nor want to do read-directory