diff --git a/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py b/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py
index 6303a18680befc..ad5684829ebc80 100644
--- a/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py
+++ b/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ def glob(self, pattern, *, case_sensitive=None, follow_symlinks=None):
         filter_paths = False
         deduplicate_paths = False
         sep = self.pathmod.sep
-        paths = iter([self.joinpath('')] if self.is_dir() else [])
+        paths = iter([self] if self.is_dir() else [])
         while stack:
             part = stack.pop()
             if part in specials:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib.py b/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib.py
index 9c2b26d41d73f8..5ce3b605c58e63 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib.py
@@ -1232,6 +1232,8 @@ def test_glob_empty_pattern(self):
             list(p.glob(''))
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, 'Unacceptable pattern'):
             list(p.glob('.'))
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, 'Unacceptable pattern'):
+            list(p.glob('./'))
 
     def test_glob_many_open_files(self):
         depth = 30
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib_abc.py b/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib_abc.py
index ea70931eaa2c7e..ab989cb5503f99 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib_abc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib_abc.py
@@ -1733,12 +1733,11 @@ def test_glob_windows(self):
         self.assertEqual(set(map(str, p.glob("F*a"))), {f"{p}\\fileA"})
 
     def test_glob_empty_pattern(self):
-        def _check(glob, expected):
-            self.assertEqual(set(glob), { P(self.base, q) for q in expected })
         P = self.cls
         p = P(self.base)
-        _check(p.glob(""), [""])
-        _check(p.glob("."), ["."])
+        self.assertEqual(list(p.glob("")), [p])
+        self.assertEqual(list(p.glob(".")), [p / "."])
+        self.assertEqual(list(p.glob("./")), [p / "./"])
 
     def test_glob_case_sensitive(self):
         P = self.cls