match 0 x foo/bar '*/*/*'
 match 1 x foo/bba/arr '*/*/*'
 match 0 x foo/bb/aa/rr '*/*/*'
+match 1 x foo/bb/aa/rr '**/**/**'
+match 1 x abcXdefXghi '*X*i'
+match 0 x ab/cXd/efXg/hi '*X*i'
+match 1 x ab/cXd/efXg/hi '*/*X*/*/*i'
+match 1 x ab/cXd/efXg/hi '**/*X*/**/*i'
 
 pathmatch 1 foo foo
 pathmatch 0 foo fo
 pathmatch 0 foo/bar '*/*/*'
 pathmatch 1 foo/bba/arr '*/*/*'
 pathmatch 1 foo/bb/aa/rr '*/*/*'
+pathmatch 1 abcXdefXghi '*X*i'
+pathmatch 1 ab/cXd/efXg/hi '*/*X*/*/*i'
+pathmatch 1 ab/cXd/efXg/hi '*Xg*i'
 
 test_done
 
                        while (1) {
                                if (t_ch == '\0')
                                        break;
+                               /*
+                                * Try to advance faster when an asterisk is
+                                * followed by a literal. We know in this case
+                                * that the the string before the literal
+                                * must belong to "*".
+                                * If match_slash is false, do not look past
+                                * the first slash as it cannot belong to '*'.
+                                */
+                               if (!is_glob_special(*p)) {
+                                       p_ch = *p;
+                                       if ((flags & WM_CASEFOLD) && ISUPPER(p_ch))
+                                               p_ch = tolower(p_ch);
+                                       while ((t_ch = *text) != '\0' &&
+                                              (match_slash || t_ch != '/')) {
+                                               if ((flags & WM_CASEFOLD) && ISUPPER(t_ch))
+                                                       t_ch = tolower(t_ch);
+                                               if (t_ch == p_ch)
+                                                       break;
+                                               text++;
+                                       }
+                                       if (t_ch != p_ch)
+                                               return WM_NOMATCH;
+                               }
                                if ((matched = dowild(p, text, flags)) != WM_NOMATCH) {
                                        if (!match_slash || matched != WM_ABORT_TO_STARSTAR)
                                                return matched;