diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f2a55f26..e890c4bc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ## Fixed
 
 - Fix beholder watch functionality that would cause a NullPointerException earlier.
+- `*.<ext>` will now match files with `.ext` extensions in any directory.
 
 ## Changed
 
diff --git a/src/kaocha/watch.clj b/src/kaocha/watch.clj
index 35a9f44d..0412ac83 100644
--- a/src/kaocha/watch.clj
+++ b/src/kaocha/watch.clj
@@ -87,6 +87,17 @@
            (assoc tracker ::tracker-error e)
            (throw e)))))
 
+(defn- fix-pattern
+  "beholder, the file change watcher, will always produce fully qualified paths.
+  A '*.<ext>' pattern will never match anything.
+  Such a pattern will be prefixed with '*'.
+  This will cause the pattern to match all files ending in '.<ext>' in any directory."
+  [pattern]
+  (assert (string? pattern))
+  (if (str/starts-with? pattern "*.")
+    (str "*" pattern)
+    pattern))
+
 (defn glob?
   "Does path match any of the glob patterns.
 
@@ -96,7 +107,7 @@
   [path patterns]
   (assert (instance? Path path))
   (let [fs (FileSystems/getDefault)
-        patterns (map #(.getPathMatcher fs (str "glob:" %)) patterns)]
+        patterns (map #(.getPathMatcher fs (str "glob:" (fix-pattern %))) patterns)]
     (some #(.matches ^PathMatcher % path) patterns)))
 
 (defn convert