diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/glob.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/glob.rs
index 885f4a4e64..7df54469d4 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/glob.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/glob.rs
@@ -99,6 +99,16 @@ impl Command for Glob {
         let glob_pattern: Spanned<String> = call.req(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
         let depth = call.get_flag(engine_state, stack, "depth")?;
 
+        if glob_pattern.item.is_empty() {
+            return Err(ShellError::GenericError(
+                "glob pattern must not be empty".to_string(),
+                "".to_string(),
+                Some(glob_pattern.span),
+                Some("add characters to the glob pattern".to_string()),
+                Vec::new(),
+            ));
+        }
+
         let folder_depth = if let Some(depth) = depth {
             depth
         } else {
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/glob.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/glob.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a5e628e9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/glob.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+use nu_test_support::fs::Stub::EmptyFile;
+use nu_test_support::playground::Playground;
+use nu_test_support::{nu, pipeline};
+
+#[test]
+fn empty_glob_pattern_triggers_error() {
+    Playground::setup("glob_test_1", |dirs, sandbox| {
+        sandbox.with_files(vec![
+            EmptyFile("yehuda.txt"),
+            EmptyFile("jonathan.txt"),
+            EmptyFile("andres.txt"),
+        ]);
+
+        let actual = nu!(
+            cwd: dirs.test(),
+            "glob ''",
+        );
+
+        assert!(actual.err.contains("must not be empty"));
+    })
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn nonempty_glob_lists_matching_paths() {
+    Playground::setup("glob_sanity_star", |dirs, sandbox| {
+        sandbox.with_files(vec![
+            EmptyFile("yehuda.txt"),
+            EmptyFile("jonathan.txt"),
+            EmptyFile("andres.txt"),
+        ]);
+
+        let actual = nu!(
+            cwd: dirs.test(),
+            pipeline("glob '*' | length"),
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(actual.out, "3");
+    })
+}
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/mod.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/mod.rs
index 1be98ba91d..dc06030b78 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/mod.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ mod flatten;
 mod format;
 mod g;
 mod get;
+mod glob;
 mod group_by;
 mod hash_;
 mod headers;