diff --git a/packages/glob/__tests__/internal-globber.test.ts b/packages/glob/__tests__/internal-globber.test.ts
index cb6f343f..36dec23d 100644
--- a/packages/glob/__tests__/internal-globber.test.ts
+++ b/packages/glob/__tests__/internal-globber.test.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,24 @@ describe('globber', () => {
     ])
   })
 
+  it('does not match file with trailing slash when implicitDescendants=true', async () => {
+    // Create the following layout:
+    //   <root>
+    //   <root>/file
+    const root = path.join(
+      getTestTemp(),
+      'defaults-to-implicit-descendants-true'
+    )
+
+    const filePath = path.join(root, 'file')
+
+    await fs.mkdir(root, {recursive: true})
+    await fs.writeFile(filePath, 'test file content')
+
+    const itemPaths = await glob(`${filePath}/`, {})
+    expect(itemPaths).toEqual([])
+  })
+
   it('defaults to omitBrokenSymbolicLinks=true', async () => {
     // Create the following layout:
     //   <root>
diff --git a/packages/glob/__tests__/internal-pattern.test.ts b/packages/glob/__tests__/internal-pattern.test.ts
index 11b0507d..8a9ecc85 100644
--- a/packages/glob/__tests__/internal-pattern.test.ts
+++ b/packages/glob/__tests__/internal-pattern.test.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe('pattern', () => {
   it('escapes homedir', async () => {
     const home = path.join(getTestTemp(), 'home-with-[and]')
     await fs.mkdir(home, {recursive: true})
-    const pattern = new Pattern('~/m*', undefined, home)
+    const pattern = new Pattern('~/m*', false, undefined, home)
 
     expect(pattern.searchPath).toBe(home)
     expect(pattern.match(path.join(home, 'match'))).toBeTruthy()
diff --git a/packages/glob/src/internal-globber.ts b/packages/glob/src/internal-globber.ts
index aac3032d..98cbb819 100644
--- a/packages/glob/src/internal-globber.ts
+++ b/packages/glob/src/internal-globber.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ export class DefaultGlobber implements Globber {
   async *globGenerator(): AsyncGenerator<string, void> {
     // Fill in defaults options
     const options = globOptionsHelper.getOptions(this.options)
-
     // Implicit descendants?
     const patterns: Pattern[] = []
     for (const pattern of this.patterns) {
@@ -77,12 +76,13 @@ export class DefaultGlobber implements Globber {
           pattern.segments[pattern.segments.length - 1] !== '**')
       ) {
         patterns.push(
-          new Pattern(pattern.negate, pattern.segments.concat('**'))
+          new Pattern(pattern.negate, true, pattern.segments.concat('**'))
         )
       }
     }
 
     // Push the search paths
+
     const stack: SearchState[] = []
     for (const searchPath of patternHelper.getSearchPaths(patterns)) {
       core.debug(`Search path '${searchPath}'`)
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ export class DefaultGlobber implements Globber {
     }
 
     result.searchPaths.push(...patternHelper.getSearchPaths(result.patterns))
+
     return result
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/glob/src/internal-pattern.ts b/packages/glob/src/internal-pattern.ts
index 72e3dc71..a2e074a5 100644
--- a/packages/glob/src/internal-pattern.ts
+++ b/packages/glob/src/internal-pattern.ts
@@ -43,15 +43,31 @@ export class Pattern {
    */
   private readonly rootRegExp: RegExp
 
+  /**
+   * Indicates that the pattern is implicitly added as opposed to user specified.
+   */
+  private readonly isImplicitPattern: boolean
+
   /* eslint-disable no-dupe-class-members */
   // Disable no-dupe-class-members due to false positive for method overload
   // https://github.com/typescript-eslint/typescript-eslint/issues/291
 
   constructor(pattern: string)
-  constructor(pattern: string, segments: undefined, homedir: string)
-  constructor(negate: boolean, segments: string[])
+  constructor(
+    pattern: string,
+    isImplicitPattern: boolean,
+    segments: undefined,
+    homedir: string
+  )
+  constructor(
+    negate: boolean,
+    isImplicitPattern: boolean,
+    segments: string[],
+    homedir?: string
+  )
   constructor(
     patternOrNegate: string | boolean,
+    isImplicitPattern: boolean = false,
     segments?: string[],
     homedir?: string
   ) {
@@ -107,6 +123,8 @@ export class Pattern {
       IS_WINDOWS ? 'i' : ''
     )
 
+    this.isImplicitPattern = isImplicitPattern
+
     // Create minimatch
     const minimatchOptions: IMinimatchOptions = {
       dot: true,
@@ -132,7 +150,7 @@ export class Pattern {
       // Append a trailing slash. Otherwise Minimatch will not match the directory immediately
       // preceding the globstar. For example, given the pattern `/foo/**`, Minimatch returns
       // false for `/foo` but returns true for `/foo/`. Append a trailing slash to handle that quirk.
-      if (!itemPath.endsWith(path.sep)) {
+      if (!itemPath.endsWith(path.sep) && this.isImplicitPattern === false) {
         // Note, this is safe because the constructor ensures the pattern has an absolute root.
         // For example, formats like C: and C:foo on Windows are resolved to an absolute root.
         itemPath = `${itemPath}${path.sep}`