diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 460e389..7e14155 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -8937,6 +8937,8 @@
 	    case '*':
 		reg_pat[i++] = '.';
 		reg_pat[i++] = '*';
+		while (p[1] == '*')	/* "**" matches like "*" */
+		    ++p;
 		break;
 	    case '.':
 #ifdef RISCOS