diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/util.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/util.rb
index 6e65e818..912c7ae3 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/util.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/util.rb
@@ -96,13 +96,17 @@ module Middleman
       # to #match or #call, and returns whether or not the
       # given path matches that matcher.
       #
-      # @param matcher A matcher string/regexp/proc/etc
-      # @param path A path as a string
+      # @param [String, #match, #call] matcher A matcher String, RegExp, Proc, etc.
+      # @param [String] path A path as a string
       # @return [Boolean] Whether the path matches the matcher
       def path_match(matcher, path)
-        case
+        !!case
         when matcher.is_a?(String)
-          path.match(matcher)
+          if matcher.include? '*'
+            File.fnmatch(matcher, path)
+          else
+            path == matcher
+           end
         when matcher.respond_to?(:match)
           matcher.match(path)
         when matcher.respond_to?(:call)
diff --git a/middleman-core/spec/middleman-core/path_match_spec.rb b/middleman-core/spec/middleman-core/path_match_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6bba18e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/middleman-core/spec/middleman-core/path_match_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+require 'middleman-core/util'
+
+describe "Middleman::Util#path_match" do
+  it "matches a literal string" do
+    expect(Middleman::Util.path_match '/index.html', '/index.html').to be true
+  end
+
+  it "won't match a wrong string" do
+    expect(Middleman::Util.path_match '/foo.html', '/index.html').to be false
+  end
+
+  it "won't match a partial string" do
+    expect(Middleman::Util.path_match 'ind', '/index.html').to be false
+  end
+
+  it "works with a regex" do
+    expect(Middleman::Util.path_match /\.html$/, '/index.html').to be true
+    expect(Middleman::Util.path_match /\.js$/, '/index.html').to be false
+  end
+
+  it "works with a proc" do
+    matcher = lambda {|p| p.length > 5 }
+
+    expect(Middleman::Util.path_match matcher, '/index.html').to be true
+    expect(Middleman::Util.path_match matcher, '/i').to be false
+  end
+
+  it "works with globs" do
+    expect(Middleman::Util.path_match '/foo/*.html', '/foo/index.html').to be true
+    expect(Middleman::Util.path_match '/foo/*.html', '/foo/index.js').to be false
+    expect(Middleman::Util.path_match '/bar/*.html', '/foo/index.js').to be false
+
+    expect(Middleman::Util.path_match '/foo/*', '/foo/bar/index.html').to be true
+    expect(Middleman::Util.path_match '/foo/**/*', '/foo/bar/index.html').to be true
+    expect(Middleman::Util.path_match '/foo/**', '/foo/bar/index.html').to be true
+  end
+end