diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9b37d361..b307d504 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@
     "bluebird": "^2.10.2",
     "fs-extra": "^0.26.4",
     "glob": "^6.0.4",
+    "is-glob": "^3.1.0",
+    "loader-utils": "^0.2.15",
     "lodash": "^4.3.0",
     "minimatch": "^3.0.0",
-    "node-dir": "^0.1.10",
-    "loader-utils": "^0.2.15"
+    "node-dir": "^0.1.10"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "lint": "eslint src/ tests/",
diff --git a/src/preProcessPattern.js b/src/preProcessPattern.js
index 5ca4e4ac..d1474cc9 100644
--- a/src/preProcessPattern.js
+++ b/src/preProcessPattern.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import Promise from 'bluebird';
 import path from 'path';
 import _ from 'lodash';
+import isGlob from 'is-glob';
 
 const fs = Promise.promisifyAll(require('fs')); // eslint-disable-line import/no-commonjs
 
-var isGlobLike = /\*/;
 // https://www.debuggex.com/r/VH2yS2mvJOitiyr3
 var isTemplateLike = /(\[ext\])|(\[name\])|(\[path\])|(\[folder\])|(\[emoji(:\d+)?\])|(\[(\w+:)?hash(:\w+)?(:\d+)?\])|(\[\d+\])/;
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export default function preProcessPattern(globalRef, pattern) {
     .statAsync(pattern.absoluteFrom)
     .catch(() => {
         // If from doesn't appear to be a glob, then log a warning
-        if (isGlobLike.test(pattern.from)) {
+        if (isGlob(pattern.from)) {
             pattern.fromType = 'glob';
         } else {
             const msg = `unable to locate '${pattern.from}' at '${pattern.absoluteFrom}'`;
diff --git a/tests/index.js b/tests/index.js
index 1467e4d2..835ca170 100644
--- a/tests/index.js
+++ b/tests/index.js
@@ -209,6 +209,22 @@ describe('apply function', () => {
             .catch(done);
         });
 
+        it('can use a bracketed glob to move a file to the root directory', (done) => {
+            runEmit({
+                expectedAssetKeys: [
+                    'directory/directoryfile.txt',
+                    'directory/nested/nestedfile.txt',
+                    'file.txt',
+                    'noextension'
+                ],
+                patterns: [{
+                    from: '{file.txt,noextension,directory/**/*}'
+                }]
+            })
+            .then(done)
+            .catch(done);
+        });
+
         it('can use a glob object to move a file to the root directory', (done) => {
             runEmit({
                 expectedAssetKeys: [