diff --git a/src/preProcessPattern.js b/src/preProcessPattern.js
index 23dd3ec9..5ca4e4ac 100644
--- a/src/preProcessPattern.js
+++ b/src/preProcessPattern.js
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ export default function preProcessPattern(globalRef, pattern) {
 
     debug(`determined '${pattern.to}' is a '${pattern.toType}'`);
 
+    // If we know it's a glob, then bail early
+    if (_.isObject(pattern.from) && pattern.from.glob) {
+        pattern.fromType = 'glob';
+        pattern.fromArgs = _.omit(pattern.from, ['glob']);
+        pattern.absoluteFrom = path.resolve(pattern.context, pattern.from.glob);
+        return Promise.resolve(pattern);
+    }
+
     if (path.isAbsolute(pattern.from)) {
         pattern.absoluteFrom = pattern.from;
     } else {
diff --git a/tests/index.js b/tests/index.js
index 0976d6c1..1467e4d2 100644
--- a/tests/index.js
+++ b/tests/index.js
@@ -209,6 +209,21 @@ describe('apply function', () => {
             .catch(done);
         });
 
+        it('can use a glob object to move a file to the root directory', (done) => {
+            runEmit({
+                expectedAssetKeys: [
+                    'file.txt'
+                ],
+                patterns: [{
+                    from: {
+                        glob: '*.txt'
+                    }
+                }]
+            })
+            .then(done)
+            .catch(done);
+        });
+
         it('can use a glob to move multiple files to the root directory', (done) => {
             runEmit({
                 expectedAssetKeys: [