diff --git a/TextFilter.Test/TextFilterTests.cs b/TextFilter.Test/TextFilterTests.cs
index 886b9cd..fe623f3 100644
--- a/TextFilter.Test/TextFilterTests.cs
+++ b/TextFilter.Test/TextFilterTests.cs
@@ -1002,6 +1002,31 @@ public void GlobClassWithATrailingDashMatchesTheDashLiterally()
 		CollectionAssert.AreEqual(items, TextFilter.Filter(items, "-file[0-", TextFilterType.Glob).ToList());
 	}
 
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void GlobWithAnUnclosedBracketMatchesTheBracketLiterally()
+	{
+		// A "[" with no closing "]" is a literal, as in fnmatch and bash. DotNet.Glob read it as a class
+		// running to the end of the token, so "a[b" matched "ab" but not "a[b", and "-log[1" hid "log1".
+		List<string> items = ["log[", "log[1", "log1", "logb", "a[b", "ab", "readme.md"];
+		foreach (TextFilterCaseSensitivity caseSensitivity in new[] { TextFilterCaseSensitivity.CaseSensitive, TextFilterCaseSensitivity.CaseInsensitive })
+		{
+			Assert.IsTrue(TextFilter.IsMatch("a[b", "a[b", TextFilterType.Glob, TextFilterMatchOptions.ByWordAny, caseSensitivity));
+			Assert.IsFalse(TextFilter.IsMatch("ab", "a[b", TextFilterType.Glob, TextFilterMatchOptions.ByWordAny, caseSensitivity));
+			CollectionAssert.AreEqual(
+				new List<string> { "log[" },
+				TextFilter.Filter(items, "log[", TextFilterType.Glob, TextFilterMatchOptions.ByWordAny, caseSensitivity).ToList());
+			CollectionAssert.AreEqual(
+				new List<string> { "log[1" },
+				TextFilter.Filter(items, "log[1", TextFilterType.Glob, TextFilterMatchOptions.ByWordAny, caseSensitivity).ToList());
+			CollectionAssert.AreEqual(
+				new List<string> { "log[", "log1", "logb", "a[b", "ab", "readme.md" },
+				TextFilter.Filter(items, "-log[1", TextFilterType.Glob, TextFilterMatchOptions.ByWordAny, caseSensitivity).ToList());
+			CollectionAssert.AreEqual(
+				new List<string> { "a[b" },
+				TextFilter.Filter(items, "a[[]b", TextFilterType.Glob, TextFilterMatchOptions.ByWordAny, caseSensitivity).ToList());
+		}
+	}
+
 	[TestMethod]
 	[DataRow("file[a-]", "file[-a]")]
 	[DataRow("file[!a-]", "file[!-a]")]
@@ -1023,13 +1048,18 @@ public void GlobClassWithATrailingDashMatchesTheDashLiterally()
 	[DataRow("file[0-", "file[0-")]
 	[DataRow("a]b", "a]b")]
 	[DataRow("[a-]x[0-", "[-a]x[0-")]
+	[DataRow("a[b", "a[[]b")]
+	[DataRow("log[", "log[[]")]
+	[DataRow("a[b[c", "a[[]b[[]c")]
+	[DataRow("[ab]x[c", "[ab]x[[]c")]
+	[DataRow("a[[]b", "a[[]b")]
 	[DataRow("x[^a]", "x[!a]")]
 	[DataRow("[^a-]", "[!-a]")]
 	[DataRow("[^0-9]", "[!0-9]")]
 	[DataRow("[^0-9a-f]", "[!0123456789abcdef]")]
 	[DataRow("[^]a]", "[!]a]")]
 	[DataRow("x[a^]", "x[a^]")]
-	[DataRow("x[^a", "x[^a")]
+	[DataRow("x[^a", "x[[]^a")]
 	public void ExpandGlobClassesRewritesOnlyClassesDotNetGlobMisreads(string token, string expected) =>
 		Assert.AreEqual(expected, TextFilter.ExpandGlobClasses(token));
 
diff --git a/TextFilter/TextFilter.cs b/TextFilter/TextFilter.cs
index 16701d8..8c57e68 100644
--- a/TextFilter/TextFilter.cs
+++ b/TextFilter/TextFilter.cs
@@ -333,6 +333,10 @@ internal static Dictionary<TextFilterTokenType, HashSet<string>> ExtractGlobFilt
 	/// rather than throwing: as a plain token it is left out of the optional tokens, so it neither
 	/// matches nor rejects anything; as a required token it matches everything; and as an excluded
 	/// token it excludes nothing.
+	/// <para>
+	/// Any other <c>[</c> with no closing <c>]</c> is a literal bracket, so <c>a[b</c> matches the text
+	/// <c>a[b</c> and not <c>ab</c>, the same as the escaped form <c>a[[]b</c>.
+	/// </para>
 	/// </remarks>
 	public static bool DoesMatchGlob(string text, string filter, TextFilterMatchOptions textFilterMatchOptions, TextFilterCaseSensitivity caseSensitivity = TextFilterCaseSensitivity.CaseSensitive)
 	{
@@ -503,15 +507,19 @@ internal static IReadOnlyList<string> ExpandGlobStarSegments(string maskedToken)
 	// explicit character list it means, which it does read correctly, negation and case folding
 	// included: "[0-9a-f]" becomes "[0123456789abcdef]" and "[a-z-]" becomes "[-abc...z]". A lone
 	// letter or digit range is left for DotNet.Glob to match natively, since it reads that form
-	// correctly and it may span far more characters than are worth listing. A class with no closing
-	// "]" is left alone and stays unparseable.
+	// correctly and it may span far more characters than are worth listing.
+	// A "[" with no closing "]" is a literal, as fnmatch and bash treat it, so it is written as "[[]".
+	// DotNet.Glob would otherwise read it as a class running to the end of the token, and "a[b" would
+	// match "ab" but not "a[b". The exception is a class left open after a dash ("file[0-"), a range
+	// still being typed: it is left alone and stays unparseable, so it is ignored as documented on
+	// DoesMatchGlob.
 	// Returns null for a class that cannot be written as a list: one whose ranges span more than
 	// MaxGlobClassMembers characters, or that has no members at all because every range is reversed.
 	private const int MaxGlobClassMembers = 4096;
 
 	internal static string? ExpandGlobClasses(string token)
 	{
-		if (!token.Contains(']'))
+		if (!token.Contains('['))
 		{
 			return token;
 		}
@@ -529,7 +537,14 @@ internal static IReadOnlyList<string> ExpandGlobStarSegments(string maskedToken)
 			int close = FindGlobClassEnd(token, open, out bool negated, out int contentStart);
 			if (close < 0)
 			{
-				break;
+				if (token.EndsWith('-'))
+				{
+					break;
+				}
+
+				result.Append(token, index, open - index).Append("[[]");
+				index = open + 1;
+				continue;
 			}
 
 			string content = token[contentStart..close];