diff --git a/build_tests/build_dir/Rsconsfile b/build_tests/build_dir/Rsconsfile
index 03459b3..6fcc487 100644
--- a/build_tests/build_dir/Rsconsfile
+++ b/build_tests/build_dir/Rsconsfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Rscons::Environment.new do |env|
-  env.append('CPPPATH' => Dir['src/**/*/'].sort)
+  env.append('CPPPATH' => Rscons.glob('src/**'))
   env.build_dir(%r{^src/([^/]+)/}, 'build_\\1/')
-  env.Program('build_dir.exe', Dir['src/**/*.c'])
+  env.Program('build_dir.exe', Rscons.glob('src/**/*.c'))
 end
diff --git a/build_tests/build_dir/backward_compatible_build_hooks.rb b/build_tests/build_dir/backward_compatible_build_hooks.rb
index bbf0c95..a5e2150 100644
--- a/build_tests/build_dir/backward_compatible_build_hooks.rb
+++ b/build_tests/build_dir/backward_compatible_build_hooks.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ end
 
 Rscons::Environment.new(echo: :command) do |env|
   env.add_builder(MyObject.new)
-  env.append('CPPPATH' => Dir['src/**/*/'].sort)
+  env.append('CPPPATH' => Rscons.glob('src/**'))
   env.add_build_hook do |build_op|
     if build_op[:builder].name == "MyObject" && build_op[:sources].first =~ %r{one\.c}
       build_op[:vars]["CFLAGS"] << "-O1"
diff --git a/build_tests/build_dir/build_dirs_and_root.rb b/build_tests/build_dir/build_dirs_and_root.rb
index e70df71..f703ee2 100644
--- a/build_tests/build_dir/build_dirs_and_root.rb
+++ b/build_tests/build_dir/build_dirs_and_root.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 env = Rscons::Environment.new do |env|
-  env.append('CPPPATH' => Dir['src/**/*/'].sort)
+  env.append('CPPPATH' => Rscons.glob('src/**/*/'))
   env.build_dir("src", "build")
   env.build_root = "build_root"
-  env.Program('build_dir.exe', Dir['src/**/*.c'])
+  env.Program('build_dir.exe', Rscons.glob('src/**/*.c'))
 end
diff --git a/build_tests/build_dir/build_hooks.rb b/build_tests/build_dir/build_hooks.rb
index 3646b2c..c9f36e6 100644
--- a/build_tests/build_dir/build_hooks.rb
+++ b/build_tests/build_dir/build_hooks.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Rscons::Environment.new(echo: :command) do |env|
-  env.append('CPPPATH' => Dir['src/**/*/'].sort)
+  env.append('CPPPATH' => Rscons.glob('src/**/*/'))
   env.build_dir(%r{^src/([^/]+)/}, 'build_\\1/')
   env.add_build_hook do |build_op|
     if build_op[:target] =~ %r{build_one/.*\.o}
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ Rscons::Environment.new(echo: :command) do |env|
       build_op[:vars]["CFLAGS"] << "-O2"
     end
   end
-  env.Program('build_hook.exe', Dir['src/**/*.c'].sort)
+  env.Program('build_hook.exe', Rscons.glob('src/**/*.c'))
 end
diff --git a/build_tests/build_dir/carat.rb b/build_tests/build_dir/carat.rb
index 8f74526..e0a3579 100644
--- a/build_tests/build_dir/carat.rb
+++ b/build_tests/build_dir/carat.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Rscons::Environment.new(echo: :command) do |env|
-  env.append('CPPPATH' => Dir['src/**/*/'].sort)
+  env.append('CPPPATH' => Rscons.glob('src/**').sort)
   env.build_root = "build_root"
   FileUtils.mkdir_p(env.build_root)
   FileUtils.mv("src/one/one.c", "build_root")
   env.Object("^/one.o", "^/one.c")
-  env.Program("build_dir.exe", Dir['src/**/*.c'] + ["^/one.o"])
+  env.Program("build_dir.exe", Rscons.glob('src/**/*.c') + ["^/one.o"])
 end
diff --git a/build_tests/build_dir/csuffix.rb b/build_tests/build_dir/csuffix.rb
index 9b25719..99e37aa 100644
--- a/build_tests/build_dir/csuffix.rb
+++ b/build_tests/build_dir/csuffix.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Rscons::Environment.new do |env|
   env["CSUFFIX"] = %w[.yargh .c]
   env["CFLAGS"] += %w[-x c]
-  env["CPPPATH"] += Dir["src/**/"]
-  env.Program("build_dir.exe", Dir["src/**/*.{c,yargh}"])
+  env["CPPPATH"] += Rscons.glob("src/**")
+  env.Program("build_dir.exe", Rscons.glob("src/**/*.{c,yargh}"))
 end
diff --git a/build_tests/build_dir/no_match_build_dir.rb b/build_tests/build_dir/no_match_build_dir.rb
index 42c6e48..27c2271 100644
--- a/build_tests/build_dir/no_match_build_dir.rb
+++ b/build_tests/build_dir/no_match_build_dir.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Rscons::Environment.new do |env|
-  env.append('CPPPATH' => Dir['src/**/*/'].sort)
+  env.append('CPPPATH' => Rscons.glob('src/**'))
   env.build_dir("src2", "build")
   env.build_root = "build_root"
-  env.Program('build_dir.exe', Dir['src/**/*.c'])
+  env.Program('build_dir.exe', Rscons.glob('src/**/*.c'))
 end
diff --git a/build_tests/build_dir/slashes.rb b/build_tests/build_dir/slashes.rb
index 4b619ff..b17936c 100644
--- a/build_tests/build_dir/slashes.rb
+++ b/build_tests/build_dir/slashes.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Rscons::Environment.new do |env|
-  env.append("CPPPATH" => Dir["src/**/*/"].sort)
+  env.append("CPPPATH" => Rscons.glob("src/**"))
   env.build_dir("src/one/", "build_one/")
   env.build_dir("src/two", "build_two")
-  env.Program("build_dir.exe", Dir["src/**/*.c"])
+  env.Program("build_dir.exe", Rscons.glob("src/**/*.c"))
 end
diff --git a/build_tests/d/Rsconsfile b/build_tests/d/Rsconsfile
index e564612..9e45872 100644
--- a/build_tests/d/Rsconsfile
+++ b/build_tests/d/Rsconsfile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Rscons::Environment.new(echo: :command) do |env|
-  env.Program("hello-d.exe", Dir["*.d"].sort)
+  env.Program("hello-d.exe", Rscons.glob("*.d"))
 end
diff --git a/build_tests/library/override_arcmd.rb b/build_tests/library/override_arcmd.rb
index 29e39d3..0fdd9f8 100644
--- a/build_tests/library/override_arcmd.rb
+++ b/build_tests/library/override_arcmd.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Rscons::Environment.new(echo: :command) do |env|
   env["ARCMD"] = %w[ar rcf ${_TARGET} ${_SOURCES}]
-  env.Library("lib.a", Dir["*.c"].sort)
+  env.Library("lib.a", Rscons.glob("*.c"))
 end
diff --git a/build_tests/shared_library/Rsconsfile b/build_tests/shared_library/Rsconsfile
index bc6bacd..19ca2bb 100644
--- a/build_tests/shared_library/Rsconsfile
+++ b/build_tests/shared_library/Rsconsfile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 Rscons::Environment.new do |env|
   env["CPPPATH"] << "src/lib"
-  libmine = env.SharedLibrary("mine", Dir["src/lib/*.c"])
+  libmine = env.SharedLibrary("mine", Rscons.glob("src/lib/*.c"))
   env.Program("test-shared.exe",
-              Dir["src/*.c"],
+              Rscons.glob("src/*.c"),
               "LIBPATH" => %w[.],
               "LIBS" => %w[mine])
   env.build_after("test-shared.exe", libmine.to_s)
   env.Program("test-static.exe",
-              Dir["src/**/*.c"])
+              Rscons.glob("src/**/*.c"))
 end
diff --git a/build_tests/shared_library/shared_library_cxx.rb b/build_tests/shared_library/shared_library_cxx.rb
index c83a25f..12b4aa4 100644
--- a/build_tests/shared_library/shared_library_cxx.rb
+++ b/build_tests/shared_library/shared_library_cxx.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 Rscons::Environment.new do |env|
   env["CPPPATH"] << "src/lib"
-  libmine = env.SharedLibrary("mine", Dir["src/lib/*.cc"])
+  libmine = env.SharedLibrary("mine", Rscons.glob("src/lib/*.cc"))
   env.Program("test-shared.exe",
-              Dir["src/*.cc"],
+              Rscons.glob("src/*.cc"),
               "LIBPATH" => %w[.],
               "LIBS" => %w[mine])
   env.build_after("test-shared.exe", libmine.to_s)
   env.Program("test-static.exe",
-              Dir["src/**/*.cc"])
+              Rscons.glob("src/**/*.cc"))
 end
diff --git a/build_tests/shared_library/shared_library_d.rb b/build_tests/shared_library/shared_library_d.rb
index e64279c..e85fc7f 100644
--- a/build_tests/shared_library/shared_library_d.rb
+++ b/build_tests/shared_library/shared_library_d.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Rscons::Environment.new do |env|
   env["CPPPATH"] << "src/lib"
-  libmine = env.SharedLibrary("mine", Dir["src/lib/*.d"])
+  libmine = env.SharedLibrary("mine", Rscons.glob("src/lib/*.d"))
   env.Program("test-shared.exe",
-              Dir["src/*.c"],
+              Rscons.glob("src/*.c"),
               "LIBPATH" => %w[.],
               "LIBS" => %w[mine])
   env.build_after("test-shared.exe", libmine.to_s)
diff --git a/build_tests/shared_library/shared_library_set_shld.rb b/build_tests/shared_library/shared_library_set_shld.rb
index 01ac9a8..117ea7e 100644
--- a/build_tests/shared_library/shared_library_set_shld.rb
+++ b/build_tests/shared_library/shared_library_set_shld.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 Rscons::Environment.new do |env|
   env["CPPPATH"] << "src/lib"
   env["SHLD"] = "gcc"
-  libmine = env.SharedLibrary("mine", Dir["src/lib/*.c"])
+  libmine = env.SharedLibrary("mine", Rscons.glob("src/lib/*.c"))
   env.Program("test-shared.exe",
-              Dir["src/*.c"],
+              Rscons.glob("src/*.c"),
               "LIBPATH" => %w[.],
               "LIBS" => %w[mine])
   env.build_after("test-shared.exe", libmine.to_s)
   env.Program("test-static.exe",
-              Dir["src/**/*.c"])
+              Rscons.glob("src/**/*.c"))
 end
diff --git a/build_tests/simple/cvar_array.rb b/build_tests/simple/cvar_array.rb
index f5de90e..e7a4062 100644
--- a/build_tests/simple/cvar_array.rb
+++ b/build_tests/simple/cvar_array.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Rscons::Environment.new do |env|
-  env["sources"] = Dir["*.c"].sort
+  env["sources"] = Rscons.glob("*.c")
   env.Program("simple.exe", "${sources}")
 end
diff --git a/lib/rscons.rb b/lib/rscons.rb
index fc84d21..294b3fb 100644
--- a/lib/rscons.rb
+++ b/lib/rscons.rb
@@ -165,6 +165,35 @@ module Rscons
       @command_executer = val
     end
 
+    # Return a list of paths matching the specified pattern(s).
+    #
+    # @since 1.16.0
+    #
+    # A pattern can contain a "/**" component to recurse through directories.
+    # If the pattern ends with "/**" then only the recursive list of
+    # directories will be returned.
+    #
+    # Examples:
+    # - "src/**": return all directories under "src", recursively (including
+    #   "src" itself).
+    # - "src/**/*": return all files and directories recursively under the src
+    #   directory.
+    # - "src/**/*.c": return all .c files recursively under the src directory.
+    # - "dir/*/": return all directories in dir, but no files.
+    #
+    # @return [Array<String>] Paths matching the specified pattern(s).
+    def glob(*patterns)
+      require "pathname"
+      patterns.reduce([]) do |result, pattern|
+        if pattern.end_with?("/**")
+          pattern += "/"
+        end
+        result += Dir.glob(pattern).map do |path|
+          Pathname.new(path.gsub("\\", "/")).cleanpath.to_s
+        end
+      end.sort
+    end
+
     private
 
     # Determine the number of threads to use by default.
diff --git a/spec/build_tests_spec.rb b/spec/build_tests_spec.rb
index 9d85cd6..10e3a2a 100644
--- a/spec/build_tests_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/build_tests_spec.rb
@@ -250,8 +250,8 @@ EOF
     result = run_test(rsconsfile: "carat.rb")
     expect(result.stderr).to eq ""
     expect(Set[*lines(result.stdout)]).to eq Set[
-      %q{gcc -c -o build_root/one.o -MMD -MF build_root/one.mf -MT TARGET -Isrc/one/ -Isrc/two/ build_root/one.c},
-      %q{gcc -c -o build_root/src/two/two.o -MMD -MF build_root/src/two/two.mf -MT TARGET -Isrc/one/ -Isrc/two/ src/two/two.c},
+      %q{gcc -c -o build_root/one.o -MMD -MF build_root/one.mf -MT TARGET -Isrc -Isrc/one -Isrc/two build_root/one.c},
+      %q{gcc -c -o build_root/src/two/two.o -MMD -MF build_root/src/two/two.mf -MT TARGET -Isrc -Isrc/one -Isrc/two src/two/two.c},
       %Q{gcc -o build_dir.exe build_root/src/two/two.o build_root/one.o},
     ]
   end
@@ -393,8 +393,8 @@ EOF
     result = run_test(rsconsfile: "build_hooks.rb")
     expect(result.stderr).to eq ""
     expect(Set[*lines(result.stdout)]).to eq Set[
-      'gcc -c -o build_one/one.o -MMD -MF build_one/one.mf -MT TARGET -Isrc/one/ -Isrc/two/ -O1 src/one/one.c',
-      'gcc -c -o build_two/two.o -MMD -MF build_two/two.mf -MT TARGET -Isrc/one/ -Isrc/two/ -O2 src/two/two.c',
+      'gcc -c -o build_one/one.o -MMD -MF build_one/one.mf -MT TARGET -Isrc/one -Isrc/two -O1 src/one/one.c',
+      'gcc -c -o build_two/two.o -MMD -MF build_two/two.mf -MT TARGET -Isrc/one -Isrc/two -O2 src/two/two.c',
       'gcc -o build_hook.exe build_one/one.o build_two/two.o',
     ]
     expect(`./build_hook.exe`).to eq "Hello from two()\n"
@@ -894,8 +894,8 @@ EOF
       result = run_test(rsconsfile: "backward_compatible_build_hooks.rb")
       expect(result.stderr).to eq ""
       expect(Set[*lines(result.stdout)]).to eq Set[
-        'gcc -c -o one.o -MMD -MF one.mf -MT TARGET -Isrc/one/ -Isrc/two/ -O1 src/two/two.c',
-        'gcc -c -o two.o -MMD -MF two.mf -MT TARGET -Isrc/one/ -Isrc/two/ -O2 src/two/two.c'
+        'gcc -c -o one.o -MMD -MF one.mf -MT TARGET -Isrc -Isrc/one -Isrc/two -O1 src/two/two.c',
+        'gcc -c -o two.o -MMD -MF two.mf -MT TARGET -Isrc -Isrc/one -Isrc/two -O2 src/two/two.c'
       ]
       expect(File.exists?('one.o')).to be_truthy
       expect(File.exists?('two.o')).to be_truthy