diff --git a/.changeset/bright-keys-sell.md b/.changeset/bright-keys-sell.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0222aaf51c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/bright-keys-sell.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Fixes a bug where content config was ignored if it was outside of content dir and has a parent dir with an underscore
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/content/utils.ts b/packages/astro/src/content/utils.ts
index 1cdafa1907..16d703fc78 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/content/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/content/utils.ts
@@ -421,14 +421,14 @@ export function getEntryType(
 	const { ext } = path.parse(entryPath);
 	const fileUrl = pathToFileURL(entryPath);
 
-	if (hasUnderscoreBelowContentDirectoryPath(fileUrl, paths.contentDir)) {
+	if (fileUrl.href === paths.config.url.href) {
+		return 'config';
+	} else if (hasUnderscoreBelowContentDirectoryPath(fileUrl, paths.contentDir)) {
 		return 'ignored';
 	} else if (contentFileExts.includes(ext)) {
 		return 'content';
 	} else if (dataFileExts.includes(ext)) {
 		return 'data';
-	} else if (fileUrl.href === paths.config.url.href) {
-		return 'config';
 	} else {
 		return 'ignored';
 	}