diff --git a/src/asar.ts b/src/asar.ts
index 6b380d21..002af429 100644
--- a/src/asar.ts
+++ b/src/asar.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ function isUnpackedDir(dirPath: string, pattern: string, unpackDirs: string[]) {
     }
     return true;
   } else {
-    return unpackDirs.some((unpackDir) => dirPath.startsWith(unpackDir));
+    return unpackDirs.some(
+      (unpackDir) =>
+        dirPath.startsWith(unpackDir) && !path.relative(unpackDir, dirPath).startsWith('..'),
+    );
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/cli-spec.js b/test/cli-spec.js
index b91d27ab..ed0e0ccd 100644
--- a/test/cli-spec.js
+++ b/test/cli-spec.js
@@ -174,13 +174,18 @@ describe('command line interface', function () {
       'test/expected/packthis-unpack-dir.asar',
     );
   });
-  it('should create archive from directory with unpacked subdirs and files', async () => {
+  it('should create archive from directory with unpacked subdirs and files using minimatch', async () => {
     await execAsar(
-      'p test/input/packthis-subdir/ tmp/packthis-unpack-subdir-cli.asar --unpack *.txt --unpack-dir dir2/subdir --exclude-hidden',
+      'p test/input/packthis-subdir/ tmp/packthis-unpack-subdir-cli.asar --unpack *.txt --unpack-dir "{dir2/subdir,dir2/subdir}" --exclude-hidden',
     );
     assert.ok(fs.existsSync('tmp/packthis-unpack-subdir-cli.asar.unpacked/file0.txt'));
     assert.ok(fs.existsSync('tmp/packthis-unpack-subdir-cli.asar.unpacked/dir1/file1.txt'));
     assert.ok(fs.existsSync('tmp/packthis-unpack-subdir-cli.asar.unpacked/dir2/subdir/file2.png'));
     assert.ok(fs.existsSync('tmp/packthis-unpack-subdir-cli.asar.unpacked/dir2/subdir/file3.txt'));
+    assert.ok(
+      fs.existsSync(
+        'tmp/packthis-unpack-subdir-cli.asar.unpacked/dir2/subdir-do-not-unpack/file2.png',
+      ) === false,
+    );
   });
 });
diff --git a/test/input/packthis-subdir/dir2/subdir-do-not-unpack/file2.png b/test/input/packthis-subdir/dir2/subdir-do-not-unpack/file2.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a3986deb
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