diff --git a/src/RokuDeploy.spec.ts b/src/RokuDeploy.spec.ts
index 67b7ad4..c7e3d5e 100644
--- a/src/RokuDeploy.spec.ts
+++ b/src/RokuDeploy.spec.ts
@@ -1821,6 +1821,21 @@ describe('index', () => {
                 ]);
             });
 
+            it('allows negating paths outside rootDir without requiring src;dest; syntax', async () => {
+                fsExtra.outputFileSync(`${rootDir}/../externalLib/source/lib.brs`, '');
+                const filePaths = await getFilePaths([
+                    'source/**/*',
+                    { src: '../externalLib/**/*', dest: 'source' },
+                    '!../externalLib/source/**/*'
+                ], rootDir);
+                expect(
+                    filePaths.map(x => s`${x.src}`).sort()
+                ).to.eql([
+                    s`${rootDir}/source/lib.brs`,
+                    s`${rootDir}/source/main.brs`
+                ]);
+            });
+
             it('applies multi-glob paths relative to rootDir', async () => {
                 expect(await getFilePaths([
                     'manifest',
@@ -2224,6 +2239,18 @@ describe('index', () => {
             ).to.be.undefined;
         });
 
+        it('excludes file from non-rootdir top-level pattern', () => {
+            expect(
+                rokuDeploy.getDestPath(
+                    s`${rootDir}/../externalDir/source/main.brs`,
+                    [
+                        '!../externalDir/**/*'
+                    ],
+                    rootDir
+                )
+            ).to.be.undefined;
+        });
+
         it('excludes a file that is negated in src;dest;', () => {
             expect(
                 rokuDeploy.getDestPath(
diff --git a/src/RokuDeploy.ts b/src/RokuDeploy.ts
index 5f14b89..4cc8b83 100644
--- a/src/RokuDeploy.ts
+++ b/src/RokuDeploy.ts
@@ -192,6 +192,12 @@ export class RokuDeploy {
             //remove the ! so the glob will match properly
             if (isNegated) {
                 src = src.substring(1);
+                //create the entry as a src;dest; so it doesn't throw that "Cannot reference a file outside of rootDir..." error in `getFilePathsForEntry`.
+                entry = {
+                    src: src,
+                    // Negated globs don't need a `dest` path but add the key to satisfy the typescript check
+                    dest: undefined
+                };
             }
 
             let entryResults = await this.getFilePathsForEntry(