diff --git a/src/File/SkipPathMatcher.php b/src/File/SkipPathMatcher.php
index ce122bd1..1b893009 100644
--- a/src/File/SkipPathMatcher.php
+++ b/src/File/SkipPathMatcher.php
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@ final class SkipPathMatcher
      */
     private readonly array $pathPrefixesWithSlash;
 
-    /** @var list<string> */
+    /**
+     * Glob patterns with "/*" appended, matched against "$path/" so a single
+     * fnmatch() covers both the exact path and its descendants.
+     *
+     * @var list<string>
+     */
     private readonly array $patterns;
 
     private readonly bool $hasMatchers;
@@ -85,7 +90,8 @@ private function __construct(string $basePath, array $skipPaths)
             $normalisedSkipPath = Path::normalise($skipPath);
 
             if (strpbrk($skipPath, '*?[') !== false) {
-                $patterns[] = $normalisedSkipPath;
+                // Without FNM_PATHNAME, the appended wildcard also matches nested descendants.
+                $patterns[] = $normalisedSkipPath . '/*';
 
                 continue;
             }
@@ -135,22 +141,16 @@ private function computeIsSkipped(string $path): bool
             return false;
         }
 
-        $relativePath = str_starts_with($normalisedPath, $this->normalisedBasePathWithSlash)
-            ? substr($normalisedPath, strlen($this->normalisedBasePathWithSlash))
-            : $normalisedPath;
+        $relativePathWithSlash = str_starts_with($pathWithSlash, $this->normalisedBasePathWithSlash)
+            ? substr($pathWithSlash, strlen($this->normalisedBasePathWithSlash))
+            : $pathWithSlash;
 
         foreach ($this->patterns as $pattern) {
-            if ($this->matchesPattern($pattern, $normalisedPath) || $this->matchesPattern($pattern, $relativePath)) {
+            if (fnmatch($pattern, $pathWithSlash) || fnmatch($pattern, $relativePathWithSlash)) {
                 return true;
             }
         }
 
         return false;
     }
-
-    private function matchesPattern(string $pattern, string $path): bool
-    {
-        // Without FNM_PATHNAME, the appended wildcard also matches nested descendants.
-        return fnmatch($pattern, $path) || fnmatch($pattern . '/*', $path);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/File/SkipPathMatcherTest.php b/tests/File/SkipPathMatcherTest.php
index bb4d18e1..3a850beb 100644
--- a/tests/File/SkipPathMatcherTest.php
+++ b/tests/File/SkipPathMatcherTest.php
@@ -72,6 +72,16 @@ public function testDirectoryGlobSkipsDescendantsWithoutMatchingSiblingPrefixes(
         }
     }
 
+    public function testTrailingWildcardGlobSkipsDescendants(): void
+    {
+        $skipPathMatcher = SkipPathMatcher::compile('/project', ['*tests*', 'build*']);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($skipPathMatcher->isSkipped('/project/tests/Foo.php'));
+        $this->assertTrue($skipPathMatcher->isSkipped('/project/src/unittests/Nested/Foo.php'));
+        $this->assertTrue($skipPathMatcher->isSkipped('/project/build-cache/Nested/Foo.php'));
+        $this->assertFalse($skipPathMatcher->isSkipped('/project/src/Foo.php'));
+    }
+
     public function testLeadingSlashSkipPathMatchesOnlyTheAbsoluteLocation(): void
     {
         $skipPathMatcher = SkipPathMatcher::compile('/project', ['/vendor']);