diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6f0ae9947..0736c5a41 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ default-run = "sudo"
 
 [dependencies]
 libc = "0.2.152"
-glob = "0.3.0"
+glob = { version = "0.3.0", optional = true }
 
 [features]
-default = []
+default = ["rust-glob"]
 
 # when enabled, use "sudo-i" PAM service name for sudo -i instead of "sudo"
 # ONLY ENABLE THIS FEATURE if you know that original sudo uses "sudo-i"
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ pam-login = []
 # this enables enforcing of AppArmor profiles
 apparmor = []
 
+# this enables the use or the Rust glob crate as instead of fnmatch(3)
+rust-glob = ["dep:glob"]
+
 # enable detailed logging (use for development only) to /tmp
 # this will compromise the security of sudo-rs somewhat
 dev = []
diff --git a/src/cutils/mod.rs b/src/cutils/mod.rs
index 5fdc94a83..e8fc1934c 100644
--- a/src/cutils/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cutils/mod.rs
@@ -104,6 +104,29 @@ pub fn is_fifo(fildes: BorrowedFd) -> bool {
     fstat_mode_set(&fildes, libc::S_IFIFO)
 }
 
+/// Wrapper around fnmatch for globbing
+#[cfg(not(feature = "rust-glob"))]
+pub fn fnmatch(
+    pattern: &crate::common::SudoString,
+    name: &std::path::Path,
+) -> std::io::Result<bool> {
+    let pattern = pattern.as_cstr();
+    let name = std::ffi::CString::new(name.as_os_str().as_bytes()).expect("path is not a C string");
+
+    // equivalent to "require_literal_separator"
+    let flags = libc::FNM_PATHNAME;
+
+    // SAFETY: fnmatch is passed two valid pointers to a CString
+    match unsafe { libc::fnmatch(pattern.as_ptr(), name.as_ptr(), flags) } {
+        0 => Ok(true),
+        libc::FNM_NOMATCH => Ok(false),
+        _ => Err(std::io::Error::new(
+            std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
+            "pattern error",
+        )),
+    }
+}
+
 #[allow(clippy::undocumented_unsafe_blocks)]
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
diff --git a/src/sudoers/entry.rs b/src/sudoers/entry.rs
index dfadc2674..4c08f3d77 100644
--- a/src/sudoers/entry.rs
+++ b/src/sudoers/entry.rs
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ fn write_spec<'a>(
         Meta::All => f.write_str("ALL")?,
 
         Meta::Only((cmd, args)) => {
-            write!(f, "{cmd}")?;
+            write!(f, "{}", cmd.as_str())?;
             if let Some(args) = args {
                 for arg in args.iter() {
                     write!(f, " {arg}")?;
diff --git a/src/sudoers/mod.rs b/src/sudoers/mod.rs
index 3e07e3e52..1a61cb3e1 100644
--- a/src/sudoers/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sudoers/mod.rs
@@ -628,6 +628,7 @@ fn match_token<T: basic_parser::Token + std::ops::Deref<Target = String>>(
     move |token| token.as_str() == text
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "rust-glob")]
 fn match_command<'a>((cmd, args): (&'a Path, &'a [String])) -> impl Fn(&Command) -> bool + 'a {
     let opts = glob::MatchOptions {
         require_literal_separator: true,
@@ -639,6 +640,14 @@ fn match_command<'a>((cmd, args): (&'a Path, &'a [String])) -> impl Fn(&Command)
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(feature = "rust-glob"))]
+fn match_command<'a>((cmd, args): (&'a Path, &'a [String])) -> impl Fn(&Command) -> bool + 'a {
+    move |(cmdpat, argpat)| {
+        crate::cutils::fnmatch(cmdpat, cmd).unwrap_or(false)
+            && argpat.as_ref().map_or(true, |vec| args == vec.as_ref())
+    }
+}
+
 /// Find all the aliases that a object is a member of; this requires [sanitize_alias_table] to have run first;
 /// I.e. this function should not be "pub".
 fn get_aliases<Predicate, T>(table: &VecOrd<Def<T>>, pred: &Predicate) -> FoundAliases
diff --git a/src/sudoers/tokens.rs b/src/sudoers/tokens.rs
index 42ef6fdc6..0ec4aa980 100644
--- a/src/sudoers/tokens.rs
+++ b/src/sudoers/tokens.rs
@@ -168,7 +168,18 @@ pub type Command = (SimpleCommand, Option<Box<[String]>>);
 
 /// A type that is specific to 'only commands', that can only happen in "Defaults!command" contexts;
 /// which is essentially a subset of "Command"
-pub type SimpleCommand = glob::Pattern;
+pub struct SimpleCommand(<SimpleCommand as std::ops::Deref>::Target);
+
+impl std::ops::Deref for SimpleCommand {
+    #[cfg(feature = "rust-glob")]
+    type Target = glob::Pattern;
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "rust-glob"))]
+    type Target = SudoString;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        &self.0
+    }
+}
 
 impl Token for Command {
     const MAX_LEN: usize = 1024;
@@ -224,13 +235,24 @@ impl Token for SimpleCommand {
     const MAX_LEN: usize = 1024;
 
     fn construct(mut cmd: String) -> Result<Self, String> {
-        let cvt_err = |pat: Result<_, glob::PatternError>| {
-            pat.map_err(|err| format!("wildcard pattern error {err}"))
+        #[cfg(feature = "rust-glob")]
+        let make_pattern = |pat: String| {
+            glob::Pattern::new(&pat)
+                .map(SimpleCommand)
+                .map_err(|_| "wildcard pattern error".to_string())
+        };
+
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "rust-glob"))]
+        let make_pattern = |pat| match SudoString::new(pat) {
+            Ok(pattern) if crate::cutils::fnmatch(&pattern, &std::path::PathBuf::new()).is_ok() => {
+                Ok(SimpleCommand(pattern))
+            }
+            _ => Err("wildcard pattern error".to_string()),
         };
 
         // detect the two edges cases
         if cmd == "list" || cmd == "sudoedit" {
-            return cvt_err(glob::Pattern::new(&cmd));
+            return make_pattern(cmd);
         } else if cmd.starts_with("sha") {
             return Err("digest specifications are not supported".to_string());
         } else if cmd.starts_with('^') {
@@ -258,7 +280,7 @@ impl Token for SimpleCommand {
             cmd.push_str("/*");
         }
 
-        cvt_err(glob::Pattern::new(&cmd))
+        make_pattern(cmd)
     }
 
     // all commands start with "/" except "sudoedit" or "list"