diff --git a/beetsplug/fetchart.py b/beetsplug/fetchart.py
index 673f56169..d7a885315 100644
--- a/beetsplug/fetchart.py
+++ b/beetsplug/fetchart.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from beets import util
 from beets import config
 from beets.mediafile import image_mime_type
 from beets.util.artresizer import ArtResizer
-from beets.util import confit
+from beets.util import confit, sorted_walk
 from beets.util import syspath, bytestring_path, py3_path
 import six
 
@@ -666,12 +666,16 @@ class FileSystem(LocalArtSource):
 
             # Find all files that look like images in the directory.
             images = []
-            for fn in os.listdir(syspath(path)):
-                fn = bytestring_path(fn)
-                for ext in IMAGE_EXTENSIONS:
-                    if fn.lower().endswith(b'.' + ext) and \
-                       os.path.isfile(syspath(os.path.join(path, fn))):
-                        images.append(fn)
+            ignore = config['ignore'].as_str_seq()
+            ignore_hidden = config['ignore_hidden'].get(bool)
+            for _, _, files in sorted_walk(path, ignore=ignore,
+                                           ignore_hidden=ignore_hidden):
+                for fn in files:
+                    fn = bytestring_path(fn)
+                    for ext in IMAGE_EXTENSIONS:
+                        if fn.lower().endswith(b'.' + ext) and \
+                           os.path.isfile(syspath(os.path.join(path, fn))):
+                            images.append(fn)
 
             # Look for "preferred" filenames.
             images = sorted(images,
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 2e9b751fe..8273bddf6 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ Fixes:
 * The ``%title`` template function now works correctly with apostrophes.
   Thanks to :user:`GuilhermeHideki`.
   :bug:`3033`
+* Fetchart now respects the ``ignore`` and ``ignore_hidden`` settings. :bug:`1632`
 
 .. _python-itunes: https://github.com/ocelma/python-itunes