diff --git a/extensions/git/src/git.ts b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
index 3acc8c68fdc..f5ef1b894da 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/git.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
@@ -2222,7 +2222,7 @@ export class Repository {
 
 	async blame(path: string): Promise<string> {
 		try {
-			const args = ['blame', sanitizePath(path)];
+			const args = ['blame', '--', sanitizePath(path)];
 			const result = await this.exec(args);
 			return result.stdout.trim();
 		} catch (err) {