diff --git a/files/files.go b/files/files.go
index f2e60dc..bfc8cf7 100644
--- a/files/files.go
+++ b/files/files.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/goreleaser/fileglob"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/nfpm/v2/internal/glob"
 )
 
@@ -143,11 +142,6 @@ func (c *Content) Sys() interface{} {
 
 // ExpandContentGlobs gathers all of the real files to be copied into the package.
 func ExpandContentGlobs(contents Contents, disableGlobbing bool) (files Contents, err error) {
-	options := []fileglob.OptFunc{fileglob.MatchDirectoryIncludesContents}
-	if disableGlobbing {
-		options = append(options, fileglob.QuoteMeta)
-	}
-
 	for _, f := range contents {
 		var globbed map[string]string
 
@@ -157,7 +151,7 @@ func ExpandContentGlobs(contents Contents, disableGlobbing bool) (files Contents
 			// them because they do not really exist
 			files = append(files, f.WithFileInfoDefaults())
 		default:
-			globbed, err = glob.Glob(f.Source, f.Destination, options...)
+			globbed, err = glob.Glob(f.Source, f.Destination, disableGlobbing)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
diff --git a/files/files_test.go b/files/files_test.go
index 4ba7c24..288924f 100644
--- a/files/files_test.go
+++ b/files/files_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package files_test
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
@@ -198,3 +199,52 @@ func TestCollision(t *testing.T) {
 		require.ErrorIs(t, err, files.ErrContentCollision)
 	})
 }
+
+func TestDisableGlobbing(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []files.Content{
+		{
+			Source:      "testdata/{test}/bar",
+			Destination: "/etc/{test}/bar",
+		},
+		{
+			Source:      "testdata/{test}/[f]oo",
+			Destination: "testdata/{test}/[f]oo",
+		},
+		{
+			Source:      "testdata/globtest/a.txt",
+			Destination: "testdata/globtest/a.txt",
+		},
+		{
+			Source:      "testdata/globtest/a.txt",
+			Destination: "/etc/a.txt",
+		},
+	}
+
+	disableGlobbing := true
+
+	for i, testCase := range testCases {
+		content := testCase
+
+		t.Run(strconv.Itoa(i), func(t *testing.T) {
+			result, err := files.ExpandContentGlobs(files.Contents{&content}, disableGlobbing)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("expand content globs: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			if len(result) != 1 {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected result length: %d, expected one", len(result))
+			}
+
+			actualContent := result[0]
+
+			// we expect the result content to be identical to the input content
+			if actualContent.Source != content.Source {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected content source: %q, expected %q", actualContent.Source, content.Source)
+			}
+
+			if actualContent.Destination != content.Destination {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected content destination: %q, expected %q", actualContent.Destination, content.Destination)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/files/testdata/{test}/[f]oo b/files/testdata/{test}/[f]oo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/files/testdata/{test}/bar b/files/testdata/{test}/bar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/internal/glob/glob.go b/internal/glob/glob.go
index 5631757..5bc2497 100644
--- a/internal/glob/glob.go
+++ b/internal/glob/glob.go
@@ -51,7 +51,12 @@ func (e ErrGlobNoMatch) Error() string {
 // Glob returns a map with source file path as keys and destination as values.
 // First the longest common prefix (lcp) of all globbed files is found. The destination
 // for each globbed file is then dst joined with src with the lcp trimmed off.
-func Glob(pattern, dst string, options ...fileglob.OptFunc) (map[string]string, error) {
+func Glob(pattern, dst string, ignoreMatchers bool) (map[string]string, error) {
+	options := []fileglob.OptFunc{fileglob.MatchDirectoryIncludesContents}
+	if ignoreMatchers {
+		options = append(options, fileglob.QuoteMeta)
+	}
+
 	if strings.HasPrefix(pattern, "../") {
 		p, err := filepath.Abs(pattern)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -59,21 +64,24 @@ func Glob(pattern, dst string, options ...fileglob.OptFunc) (map[string]string,
 		}
 		pattern = filepath.ToSlash(p)
 	}
+
 	matches, err := fileglob.Glob(pattern, append(options, fileglob.MaybeRootFS)...)
-	if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
-		return nil, err
-	}
 	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("glob failed: %s: %w", pattern, err)
 	}
 
 	if len(matches) == 0 {
 		return nil, ErrGlobNoMatch{pattern}
 	}
+
 	files := make(map[string]string)
 	prefix := pattern
 	// the prefix may not be a complete path or may use glob patterns, in that case use the parent directory
-	if _, err := os.Stat(prefix); os.IsNotExist(err) || fileglob.ContainsMatchers(pattern) {
+	if _, err := os.Stat(prefix); os.IsNotExist(err) || (fileglob.ContainsMatchers(pattern) && !ignoreMatchers) {
 		prefix = filepath.Dir(longestCommonPrefix(matches))
 	}
 
@@ -82,13 +90,16 @@ func Glob(pattern, dst string, options ...fileglob.OptFunc) (map[string]string,
 		if f, err := os.Stat(src); err == nil && f.Mode().IsDir() {
 			continue
 		}
+
 		relpath, err := filepath.Rel(prefix, src)
 		if err != nil {
 			// since prefix is a prefix of src a relative path should always be found
-			panic(err)
+			return nil, err
 		}
+
 		globdst := filepath.ToSlash(filepath.Join(dst, relpath))
 		files[src] = globdst
 	}
+
 	return files, nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/glob/glob_test.go b/internal/glob/glob_test.go
index abfca68..721b3c8 100644
--- a/internal/glob/glob_test.go
+++ b/internal/glob/glob_test.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func TestLongestCommonPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestGlob(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("simple", func(t *testing.T) {
-		files, err := Glob("./testdata/dir_a/dir_*/*", "/foo/bar")
+		files, err := Glob("./testdata/dir_a/dir_*/*", "/foo/bar", false)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Len(t, files, 2)
 		require.Equal(t, "/foo/bar/dir_b/test_b.txt", files["testdata/dir_a/dir_b/test_b.txt"])
@@ -51,47 +51,47 @@ func TestGlob(t *testing.T) {
 		pattern := "../../testdata/fake"
 		abs, err := filepath.Abs(pattern)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		files, err := Glob(pattern, "/foo/fake")
+		files, err := Glob(pattern, "/foo/fake", false)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Len(t, files, 1)
 		require.Equal(t, "/foo/fake", files[filepath.ToSlash(abs)])
 	})
 
 	t.Run("single file", func(t *testing.T) {
-		files, err := Glob("testdata/dir_a/dir_b/*", "/foo/bar")
+		files, err := Glob("testdata/dir_a/dir_b/*", "/foo/bar", false)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Len(t, files, 1)
 		require.Equal(t, "/foo/bar/test_b.txt", files["testdata/dir_a/dir_b/test_b.txt"])
 	})
 
 	t.Run("double star", func(t *testing.T) {
-		files, err := Glob("testdata/**/test*.txt", "/foo/bar")
+		files, err := Glob("testdata/**/test*.txt", "/foo/bar", false)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Len(t, files, 3)
 		require.Equal(t, "/foo/bar/dir_a/dir_b/test_b.txt", files["testdata/dir_a/dir_b/test_b.txt"])
 	})
 
 	t.Run("nil value", func(t *testing.T) {
-		files, err := Glob("does/not/exist", "/foo/bar")
+		files, err := Glob("does/not/exist", "/foo/bar", false)
 		require.EqualError(t, err, "matching \"./does/not/exist\": file does not exist")
 		require.Nil(t, files)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("no matches", func(t *testing.T) {
-		files, err := Glob("testdata/nothing*", "/foo/bar")
+		files, err := Glob("testdata/nothing*", "/foo/bar", false)
 		require.Nil(t, files)
 		require.EqualError(t, err, "glob failed: testdata/nothing*: no matching files")
 	})
 
 	t.Run("escaped brace", func(t *testing.T) {
-		files, err := Glob("testdata/\\{dir_d\\}/*", "/foo/bar")
+		files, err := Glob("testdata/\\{dir_d\\}/*", "/foo/bar", false)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Len(t, files, 1)
 		require.Equal(t, "/foo/bar/test_brace.txt", files["testdata/{dir_d}/test_brace.txt"])
 	})
 
 	t.Run("no glob", func(t *testing.T) {
-		files, err := Glob("testdata/dir_a/dir_b/test_b.txt", "/foo/bar/dest.dat")
+		files, err := Glob("testdata/dir_a/dir_b/test_b.txt", "/foo/bar/dest.dat", false)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Len(t, files, 1)
 		require.Equal(t, "/foo/bar/dest.dat", files["testdata/dir_a/dir_b/test_b.txt"])