diff --git a/doas.c b/doas.c
index 73e84d0..a2f2105 100644
--- a/doas.c
+++ b/doas.c
@@ -214,10 +214,15 @@ parseconfdir(const char *dirpath, int checkperms)
 	for (i = 0; i < dirent_count; i++)
 	{
 		struct stat sb;
+		size_t pathlen;
 
-		snprintf(pathbuf, sizeof pathbuf, "%s/%s", dirpath, dirent_table[i]->d_name);
+		pathlen = snprintf(pathbuf, sizeof pathbuf, "%s/%s", dirpath, dirent_table[i]->d_name);
 		free(dirent_table[i]);
 
+		/* make sure path ends in .conf */
+		if (strcmp(pathbuf + (pathlen - 5), ".conf"))
+			continue;
+
 		if (stat(pathbuf, &sb) != 0)
 			err(1, "stat(\"%s\")", pathbuf);