diff --git a/src/misc1.c b/src/misc1.c
index a573b3b..a3a2059 100644
--- a/src/misc1.c
+++ b/src/misc1.c
@@ -9119,7 +9119,9 @@
 	 * all entries found with "matchname". */
 	if ((p[0] != '.' || starts_with_dot)
 		&& (matchname == NULL
-		    || vim_regexec(&regmatch, p, (colnr_T)0)))
+		  || vim_regexec(&regmatch, p, (colnr_T)0)
+		  || ((flags & EW_NOTWILD)
+		     && fnamencmp(path + (s - buf), p, e - s) == 0)))
 	{
 #ifdef WIN3264
 	    STRCPY(s, p);
@@ -9323,7 +9325,7 @@
     e = p;
     *e = NUL;
 
-    /* now we have one wildcard component between "s" and "e" */
+    /* Now we have one wildcard component between "s" and "e". */
     /* Remove backslashes between "wildoff" and the start of the wildcard
      * component. */
     for (p = buf + wildoff; p < s; ++p)
@@ -9390,7 +9392,9 @@
 	    if (dp == NULL)
 		break;
 	    if ((dp->d_name[0] != '.' || starts_with_dot)
-		    && vim_regexec(&regmatch, (char_u *)dp->d_name, (colnr_T)0))
+		 && (vim_regexec(&regmatch, (char_u *)dp->d_name, (colnr_T)0)
+		   || ((flags & EW_NOTWILD)
+		     && fnamencmp(path + (s - buf), dp->d_name, e - s) == 0)))
 	    {
 		STRCPY(s, dp->d_name);
 		len = STRLEN(buf);
diff --git a/src/misc2.c b/src/misc2.c
index dfb1fc4..f91a64a 100644
--- a/src/misc2.c
+++ b/src/misc2.c
@@ -4653,9 +4653,8 @@
     {
 	if (r_ptr[0] == '\\' && r_ptr[1] == ';')
 	{
-	    /* overwrite the escape char,
-	     * use STRLEN(r_ptr) to move the trailing '\0'
-	     */
+	    /* Overwrite the escape char,
+	     * use STRLEN(r_ptr) to move the trailing '\0'. */
 	    STRMOVE(r_ptr, r_ptr + 1);
 	    r_ptr++;
 	}
@@ -4914,10 +4913,13 @@
 			stackp->ffs_filearray_size = 0;
 		}
 		else
+		    /* Add EW_NOTWILD because the expanded path may contain
+		     * wildcard characters that are to be taken literally.
+		     * This is a bit of a hack. */
 		    expand_wildcards((dirptrs[1] == NULL) ? 1 : 2, dirptrs,
 			    &stackp->ffs_filearray_size,
 			    &stackp->ffs_filearray,
-			    EW_DIR|EW_ADDSLASH|EW_SILENT);
+			    EW_DIR|EW_ADDSLASH|EW_SILENT|EW_NOTWILD);
 
 		stackp->ffs_filearray_cur = 0;
 		stackp->ffs_stage = 0;
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index fc51557..dbd76b3 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -710,6 +710,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    264,
+/**/
     263,
 /**/
     262,
diff --git a/src/vim.h b/src/vim.h
index a1a9708..127387a 100644
--- a/src/vim.h
+++ b/src/vim.h
@@ -816,6 +816,7 @@
 #define EW_PATH		0x80	/* search in 'path' too */
 #define EW_ICASE	0x100	/* ignore case */
 #define EW_NOERROR	0x200	/* no error for bad regexp */
+#define EW_NOTWILD	0x400	/* add match with literal name if exists */
 /* Note: mostly EW_NOTFOUND and EW_SILENT are mutually exclusive: EW_NOTFOUND
  * is used when executing commands and EW_SILENT for interactive expanding. */