diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8e93cd285..b8fbcc040 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ CONFIG := clang
 # features (the more the better)
 ENABLE_TCL := 1
 ENABLE_ABC := 1
+ENABLE_GLOB := 1
 ENABLE_PLUGINS := 1
 ENABLE_READLINE := 1
 ENABLE_EDITLINE := 0
@@ -298,6 +299,10 @@ LDLIBS += -ldl
 endif
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(ENABLE_GLOB),1)
+CXXFLAGS += -DYOSYS_ENABLE_GLOB
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(ENABLE_TCL),1)
 TCL_VERSION ?= tcl$(shell bash -c "tclsh <(echo 'puts [info tclversion]')")
 ifeq ($(OS), FreeBSD)
diff --git a/kernel/yosys.cc b/kernel/yosys.cc
index 2ed0f4db4..6fd53f85e 100644
--- a/kernel/yosys.cc
+++ b/kernel/yosys.cc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #  include <dlfcn.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#if defined(_WIN32)
 #  include <windows.h>
 #  include <io.h>
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)
@@ -41,13 +41,15 @@
 #  include <unistd.h>
 #  include <dirent.h>
 #  include <sys/stat.h>
-#  include <glob.h>
 #else
 #  include <unistd.h>
 #  include <dirent.h>
 #  include <sys/types.h>
 #  include <sys/wait.h>
 #  include <sys/stat.h>
+#endif
+
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && defined(YOSYS_ENABLE_GLOB)
 #  include <glob.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -564,7 +566,7 @@ std::vector<std::string> glob_filename(const std::string &filename_pattern)
 {
 	std::vector<std::string> results;
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#if defined(_WIN32) || !defined(YOSYS_ENABLE_GLOB)
 	results.push_back(filename_pattern);
 #else
 	glob_t globbuf;