diff --git a/lib/linguist/vendor.yml b/lib/linguist/vendor.yml
index 135f367c..5a9f9e18 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/vendor.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/vendor.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 ## Vendor Conventions ##
 
 # Caches
-- cache/
+- (^|/)cache/
 
 # Dependencies
 - ^[Dd]ependencies/