diff --git a/archive.c b/archive.c
index 66f1abe735..2ad7e6cb90 100644
--- a/archive.c
+++ b/archive.c
@@ -121,17 +121,21 @@ static int check_attr_export_subst(const struct attr_check *check)
 	return check && ATTR_TRUE(check->items[1].value);
 }
 
+static int should_queue_directories(const struct archiver_args *args)
+{
+	return args->pathspec.has_wildcard;
+}
+
 static int write_archive_entry(const unsigned char *sha1, const char *base,
 		int baselen, const char *filename, unsigned mode, int stage,
 		void *context)
 {
 	static struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
-	const struct attr_check *check;
 	struct archiver_context *c = context;
 	struct archiver_args *args = c->args;
 	write_archive_entry_fn_t write_entry = c->write_entry;
-	const char *path_without_prefix;
 	int err;
+	const char *path_without_prefix;
 
 	args->convert = 0;
 	strbuf_reset(&path);
@@ -143,10 +147,13 @@ static int write_archive_entry(const unsigned char *sha1, const char *base,
 		strbuf_addch(&path, '/');
 	path_without_prefix = path.buf + args->baselen;
 
-	check = get_archive_attrs(path_without_prefix);
-	if (check_attr_export_ignore(check))
-		return 0;
-	args->convert = check_attr_export_subst(check);
+	if (!S_ISDIR(mode) || !should_queue_directories(args)) {
+		const struct attr_check *check;
+		check = get_archive_attrs(path_without_prefix);
+		if (check_attr_export_ignore(check))
+			return 0;
+		args->convert = check_attr_export_subst(check);
+	}
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISGITLINK(mode)) {
 		if (args->verbose)
@@ -219,6 +226,17 @@ static int queue_or_write_archive_entry(const unsigned char *sha1,
 	}
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(mode)) {
+		size_t baselen = base->len;
+		const struct attr_check *check;
+
+		/* Borrow base, but restore its original value when done. */
+		strbuf_addstr(base, filename);
+		strbuf_addch(base, '/');
+		check = get_archive_attrs(base->buf);
+		strbuf_setlen(base, baselen);
+
+		if (check_attr_export_ignore(check))
+			return 0;
 		queue_directory(sha1, base, filename,
 				mode, stage, c);
 		return READ_TREE_RECURSIVE;
@@ -272,7 +290,7 @@ int write_archive_entries(struct archiver_args *args,
 	}
 
 	err = read_tree_recursive(args->tree, "", 0, 0, &args->pathspec,
-				  args->pathspec.has_wildcard ?
+				  should_queue_directories(args) ?
 				  queue_or_write_archive_entry :
 				  write_archive_entry_buf,
 				  &context);
diff --git a/t/t5001-archive-attr.sh b/t/t5001-archive-attr.sh
index 063622bc71..897f6f06d5 100755
--- a/t/t5001-archive-attr.sh
+++ b/t/t5001-archive-attr.sh
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ test_expect_exists	archive-pathspec/ignored-by-worktree
 test_expect_missing	archive-pathspec/excluded-by-pathspec.d failure
 test_expect_missing	archive-pathspec/excluded-by-pathspec.d/file
 
-test_expect_failure 'git archive with wildcard pathspec' '
+test_expect_success 'git archive with wildcard pathspec' '
 	git archive HEAD ":!excluded-by-p*" >archive-pathspec-wildcard.tar &&
 	extract_tar_to_dir archive-pathspec-wildcard
 '
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ test_expect_missing	archive-pathspec-wildcard/ignored
 test_expect_missing	archive-pathspec-wildcard/ignored-by-tree
 test_expect_missing	archive-pathspec-wildcard/ignored-by-tree.d
 test_expect_missing	archive-pathspec-wildcard/ignored-by-tree.d/file
-test_expect_exists	archive-pathspec-wildcard/ignored-by-worktree failure
+test_expect_exists	archive-pathspec-wildcard/ignored-by-worktree
 test_expect_missing	archive-pathspec-wildcard/excluded-by-pathspec.d
 test_expect_missing	archive-pathspec-wildcard/excluded-by-pathspec.d/file