diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 75dd4ec6f1..f7c4b91c58 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Features
 Bugfixes
 --------
 
+* Ignore ``.DS_Store`` files in listing indexes (Issue #3698)
 * Fix baguetteBox.js invoking in the base theme (Issue #3687)
 
 New in v8.2.4
diff --git a/nikola/plugins/task/listings.py b/nikola/plugins/task/listings.py
index 5a1b140135..4c1636e558 100644
--- a/nikola/plugins/task/listings.py
+++ b/nikola/plugins/task/listings.py
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ def gen_tasks(self):
         """Render pretty code listings."""
         # Things to ignore in listings
         ignored_extensions = (".pyc", ".pyo")
+        ignored_files = (".DS_Store",)
 
         def render_listing(in_name, out_name, input_folder, output_folder, folders=[], files=[]):
             needs_ipython_css = False
@@ -183,7 +184,9 @@ def render_listing(in_name, out_name, input_folder, output_folder, folders=[], f
 
         for input_folder, output_folder in self.kw['listings_folders'].items():
             for root, dirs, files in os.walk(input_folder, followlinks=True):
-                files = [f for f in files if os.path.splitext(f)[-1] not in ignored_extensions]
+                files = [f for f in files
+                         if os.path.splitext(f)[-1] not in ignored_extensions and
+                         f not in ignored_files]
 
                 uptodate = {'c': self.site.GLOBAL_CONTEXT}
 
@@ -224,7 +227,7 @@ def render_listing(in_name, out_name, input_folder, output_folder, folders=[], f
                     'clean': True,
                 }, self.kw["filters"])
                 for f in files:
-                    if f == '.DS_Store':
+                    if f in ignored_files:
                         continue
                     ext = os.path.splitext(f)[-1]
                     if ext in ignored_extensions: