diff --git a/Frameworks/regexp/src/glob.cc b/Frameworks/regexp/src/glob.cc
index 166da0c0..374b3f2c 100644
--- a/Frameworks/regexp/src/glob.cc
+++ b/Frameworks/regexp/src/glob.cc
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ namespace path
 
 	bool glob_list_t::exclude (std::string const& path, kPathItemType itemType, bool defaultResult) const
 	{
+		if(_globs.empty())
+			return false;
+
 		for(auto record : _globs)
 		{
 			if((itemType == kPathItemAny || record.item_type == kPathItemAny || itemType == record.item_type) && record.glob.does_match(path))
diff --git a/Frameworks/regexp/tests/t_glob_list.cc b/Frameworks/regexp/tests/t_glob_list.cc
index 3c65a681..20d2b209 100644
--- a/Frameworks/regexp/tests/t_glob_list.cc
+++ b/Frameworks/regexp/tests/t_glob_list.cc
@@ -3,6 +3,24 @@
 class GlobListTests : public CxxTest::TestSuite
 {
 public:
+	void test_empty_glob_list ()
+	{
+		path::glob_list_t globs;
+		TS_ASSERT(globs.include("foo"));
+		TS_ASSERT(globs.include("bar"));
+		TS_ASSERT(globs.include(".foo"));
+		TS_ASSERT(globs.include(".bar"));
+	}
+
+	void test_non_empty_glob_list ()
+	{
+		path::glob_list_t globs("*");
+		TS_ASSERT(globs.include("foo"));
+		TS_ASSERT(globs.include("bar"));
+		TS_ASSERT(globs.exclude(".foo"));
+		TS_ASSERT(globs.exclude(".bar"));
+	}
+
 	void test_glob_list ()
 	{
 		path::glob_list_t globs;