diff --git a/lib/base.php b/lib/base.php
index 0e7e370cd6d72b646375612326b284e1f8513ad1..67f8e7702fc3111b54c6bf3710ce901341e0305e 100644
--- a/lib/base.php
+++ b/lib/base.php
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ class OC{
 		
 		// Check for blacklisted files
 		OC_Hook::connect('OC_Filesystem','write','OC_Filesystem','isBlacklisted');
+		OC_Hook::connect('OC_Filesystem', 'rename', 'OC_Filesystem', 'isBlacklisted');
 
 		//make sure temporary files are cleaned up
 		register_shutdown_function(array('OC_Helper','cleanTmp'));
diff --git a/lib/filesystem.php b/lib/filesystem.php
index 2c7df5daa3cf72dd298af1b77ec5e0cded9b3248..2a0c1cea93e64e8fab648eb8b07f3e2e758c2596 100644
--- a/lib/filesystem.php
+++ b/lib/filesystem.php
@@ -372,13 +372,21 @@ class OC_Filesystem{
 	
 	/**
 	 * checks if a file is blacklsited for storage in the filesystem
+	 * Listens to write and rename hooks
 	 * @param array $data from hook
 	 */
 	static public function isBlacklisted($data){
 		$blacklist = array('.htaccess');
-		$filename = strtolower(basename($data['path']));
-		if(in_array($filename,$blacklist)){
-			$data['run'] = false;	
+		if (isset($data['path'])) {
+			$path = $data['path'];
+		} else if (isset($data['newpath'])) {
+			$path = $data['newpath'];
+		}
+		if (isset($path)) {
+			$filename = strtolower(basename($path));
+			if (in_array($filename, $blacklist)) {
+				$data['run'] = false;
+			}
 		}
 	}