diff --git a/modules/beast_core/files/beast_DirectoryIterator.cpp b/modules/beast_core/files/beast_DirectoryIterator.cpp
index 7d18294125..ce51b47927 100644
--- a/modules/beast_core/files/beast_DirectoryIterator.cpp
+++ b/modules/beast_core/files/beast_DirectoryIterator.cpp
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ bool DirectoryIterator::next (bool* const isDirResult, bool* const isHiddenResul
                 matches = (whatToLookFor & File::findFiles) != 0;
             }
 
-            // if recursive, we're not relying on the OS iterator to do the wildcard match, so do it now..
-            if (matches && isRecursive)
+            // if we're not relying on the OS iterator to do the wildcard match, do it now..
+            if (matches && (isRecursive || wildCards.size() > 1))
                 matches = fileMatches (wildCards, filename);
 
             if (matches && (whatToLookFor & File::ignoreHiddenFiles) != 0)