diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 523c23c..fd23fd5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -380,6 +380,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "glob"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d2fabcfbdc87f4758337ca535fb41a6d701b65693ce38287d856d1674551ec9b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -704,6 +710,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "clap",
  "dir-diff",
+ "glob",
  "hex",
  "indicatif",
  "indoc",
diff --git a/repak_cli/Cargo.toml b/repak_cli/Cargo.toml
index 2bf287b..60dbb78 100644
--- a/repak_cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/repak_cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ rayon = "1.10.0"
 sha2 = "0.10.8"
 strum = { workspace = true }
 itertools = "0.13.0"
+glob = "0.3.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert_cmd = "2.0.14"
diff --git a/repak_cli/src/main.rs b/repak_cli/src/main.rs
index 8fadcea..1c13b51 100644
--- a/repak_cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/repak_cli/src/main.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ struct ActionUnpack {
 
     /// Files or directories to include. Can be specified multiple times. If not specified, everything is extracted.
     #[arg(action = clap::ArgAction::Append, short, long)]
-    include: Vec<String>,
+    include: Vec<glob::Pattern>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
@@ -339,12 +339,6 @@ fn unpack(aes_key: Option<aes::Aes256>, action: ActionUnpack) -> Result<(), repa
         let mount_point = PathBuf::from(pak.mount_point());
         let prefix = Path::new(&action.strip_prefix);
 
-        let includes = action
-            .include
-            .iter()
-            .map(|i| prefix.join(Path::new(i)))
-            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-
         struct UnpackEntry {
             entry_path: String,
             out_path: PathBuf,
@@ -356,8 +350,28 @@ fn unpack(aes_key: Option<aes::Aes256>, action: ActionUnpack) -> Result<(), repa
             .into_iter()
             .map(|entry_path| {
                 let full_path = mount_point.join(&entry_path);
-                if !includes.is_empty() && !includes.iter().any(|i| full_path.starts_with(i)) {
-                    return Ok(None);
+                if !action.include.is_empty() {
+                    if let Ok(stripped) = full_path.strip_prefix(prefix) {
+                        let options = glob::MatchOptions {
+                            case_sensitive: true,
+                            require_literal_separator: true,
+                            require_literal_leading_dot: false,
+                        };
+                        if !action.include.iter().any(|i| {
+                            // check full file path
+                            i.matches_path_with(stripped, options)
+                                // check ancestor directories
+                                || stripped.ancestors().skip(1).any(|a| {
+                                    i.matches_path_with(a, options)
+                                        // hack to check ancestor directories with trailing slash
+                                        || i.matches_path_with(&a.join(""), options)
+                                })
+                        }) {
+                            return Ok(None);
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        return Ok(None);
+                    }
                 }
                 let out_path = output
                     .join(full_path.strip_prefix(prefix).map_err(|_| {
diff --git a/repak_cli/tests/cli.rs b/repak_cli/tests/cli.rs
index 5026bc7..3003f1a 100644
--- a/repak_cli/tests/cli.rs
+++ b/repak_cli/tests/cli.rs
@@ -148,6 +148,26 @@ fn test_cli_unpack() {
     // TODO test unpacking to non-empty directory
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_cli_unpack_include() {
+    let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+
+    let assert = Command::cargo_bin("repak")
+        .unwrap()
+        .arg("unpack")
+        .arg(PAK)
+        .arg("-s")
+        .arg("../mount")
+        .arg("-i")
+        .arg("point/**/*.txt")
+        .arg("-o")
+        .arg(dir.path())
+        .assert();
+    assert.success().stdout(formatdoc! {r#"
+        Unpacked 2 files to {} from ../repak/tests/packs/pack_v11.pak
+    "#, &dir.path().to_string_lossy()});
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_cli_hashlist() {
     let assert = Command::cargo_bin("repak")