diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index daf4b79c..125d7655 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@
       {
         "fileMatch": "rust-project.json",
         "url": "https://json.schemastore.org/rust-project.json"
+      },
+      {
+        "fileMatch": ".rust-project.json",
+        "url": "https://json.schemastore.org/rust-project.json"
       }
     ],
     "configuration": {
diff --git a/src/client.ts b/src/client.ts
index 1c5e630c..2a803779 100644
--- a/src/client.ts
+++ b/src/client.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export function createClient(bin: string, config: Config): LanguageClient {
     if (!root) return true;
     if (existsSync(join(Uri.parse(root).fsPath, 'Cargo.toml'))) return false;
     if (existsSync(join(Uri.parse(root).fsPath, 'rust-project.json'))) return false;
+    if (existsSync(join(Uri.parse(root).fsPath, '.rust-project.json'))) return false;
     return true;
   }
   let initializationOptions = workspace.getConfiguration('rust-analyzer');