diff --git a/pkg/integration/tests/submodule/ignore_suspicious_name.go b/pkg/integration/tests/submodule/ignore_suspicious_name.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..497b12134
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/integration/tests/submodule/ignore_suspicious_name.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package submodule
+
+import (
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/config"
+	. "github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/components"
+)
+
+var IgnoreSuspiciousName = NewIntegrationTest(NewIntegrationTestArgs{
+	Description:  "Ignore a submodule whose name in .gitmodules would put its git dir outside the repository",
+	ExtraCmdArgs: []string{},
+	Skip:         false,
+	SetupConfig:  func(config *config.AppConfig) {},
+	SetupRepo: func(shell *Shell) {
+		shell.CreateFile("../victim/file", "content")
+
+		shell.EmptyCommit("first commit")
+		shell.CloneIntoSubmodule("my_submodule_name", "my_submodule_path")
+		shell.GitAddAll()
+		shell.Commit("add submodule")
+
+		// The git dir of a submodule is .git/modules/<name>, so this name
+		// points at the victim directory next to the repository
+		shell.UpdateFileAndAdd(".gitmodules", `[submodule "../../../victim"]
+	path = my_submodule_path
+	url = ../my_submodule_name
+`)
+		shell.Commit("rename submodule")
+	},
+	Run: func(t *TestDriver, keys config.KeybindingConfig) {
+		t.Views().Submodules().Focus().
+			/* EXPECTED:
+			IsEmpty()
+			ACTUAL: */
+			Lines(
+				Contains("../../../victim").IsSelected(),
+			).
+			Press(keys.Universal.Remove).
+			Tap(func() {
+				t.ExpectPopup().Confirmation().
+					Title(Equals("Remove submodule")).
+					Content(Equals("Are you sure you want to remove submodule '../../../victim' and its corresponding directory? This is irreversible.")).
+					Confirm()
+			}).
+			Lines(
+				Contains("../../../victim").IsSelected(),
+			)
+
+		t.FileSystem().
+			/* EXPECTED:
+			PathPresent("../victim/file")
+			ACTUAL: */
+			PathNotPresent("../victim/file")
+	},
+})
diff --git a/pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go b/pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go
index 282c2436c..ae54d0f6e 100644
--- a/pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go
@@ -578,6 +578,7 @@ var tests = []*components.IntegrationTest{
 	submodule.Enter,
 	submodule.EnterFromDotfileBareRepo,
 	submodule.EnterNested,
+	submodule.IgnoreSuspiciousName,
 	submodule.Remove,
 	submodule.RemoveInLinkedWorktree,
 	submodule.RemoveNested,