diff --git a/.github/workflows/ignore_paths.yml b/.github/workflows/ignore_paths.yml
index 29a45f6..908da4d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ignore_paths.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ignore_paths.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-name: 'ignore_paths'
+name: "ignore_paths"
 
-on: 
+on:
   push:
     branches: ["master"]
   pull_request:
@@ -15,24 +15,55 @@ jobs:
           - ubuntu-latest
           - macos-latest
     steps:
-    - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-    - name: Run ShellCheck
-      uses: ./
-      id: check
-      with:
-        ignore_paths: ignore
+      - name: Run ShellCheck
+        uses: ./
+        id: check
+        with:
+          ignore_paths: ignore ./testfiles/ignore_some/duplicate_name.bash **/ignore_some/ignore.bash
 
-    - name: Verify check
-      run: | 
-        expect="testfiles/test.bash"
-        notexpect="testfiles/ignore/ignore.bash"
+      - name: Verify check
+        run: |
+          fail=false
 
-        if [[ ! "${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}" =~ $expect ]];then
-          echo "::error:: Expected file $expect not found in ${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}"
-          exit 1
-        elif [[ "${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}" =~ $notexpect ]];then
-          echo "::error:: Expected file $notexpect found in ${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}"
-          exit 1
-        fi
\ No newline at end of file
+          # verify a non-ignored path is not excluded
+          expect="testfiles/test.bash"
+          if [[ ! "${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}" =~ $expect ]];then
+            echo "::error:: Expected file $expect not found in ${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}"
+            fail=true
+          fi
+
+          # verify a file with the same name as an ignored file but at a
+          # different path is not excluded
+          expect="testfiles/duplicate_name.bash"
+          if [[ ! "${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}" =~ $expect ]];then
+            echo "::error:: Expected file $expect not found in ${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}"
+            fail=true
+          fi
+
+          # verify ignored full path excluded
+          notexpect="testfiles/ignore_some/duplicate_name.bash"
+          if [[ "${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}" =~ $notexpect ]];then
+            echo "::error:: Unexpected file $notexpect found in ${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}"
+            fail=true
+          fi
+
+          # verify ignored directory excluded
+          notexpect="testfiles/ignore/ignore.bash"
+          if [[ "${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}" =~ $notexpect ]];then
+            echo "::error:: Unexpected file $notexpect found in ${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}"
+            fail=true
+          fi
+
+          # verify ignored glob excluded
+          notexpect="testfiles/ignore_some/ignore.bash"
+          if [[ "${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}" =~ $notexpect ]];then
+            echo "::error:: Unexpected file $notexpect found in ${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}"
+            fail=true
+          fi
+
+          if $fail;then
+            exit 1
+          fi
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a43b03c..caef23e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
 
-name: 'Trigger: Push action'
+name: "Trigger: Push action"
 
 jobs:
   shellcheck:
     name: Shellcheck
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Run ShellCheck
-      uses: ludeeus/action-shellcheck@master
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Run ShellCheck
+        uses: ludeeus/action-shellcheck@master
 ```
 
 ## ShellCheck options
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ You can pass any supported ShellCheck option or flag with the `SHELLCHECK_OPTS`
 
 Some examples include:
 
-* To disable specific checks (eg: `-e SC2059 -e SC2034 -e SC1090`)
-* To test against different shells (eg: `-s dash` or `-s ksh`)
+- To disable specific checks (eg: `-e SC2059 -e SC2034 -e SC1090`)
+- To test against different shells (eg: `-s dash` or `-s ksh`)
 
 example:
 
@@ -66,6 +66,20 @@ example:
 
 This will skip `sample/directory/with/files/ignoreme/test.sh`, `sample/directory/with/files/ignoremetoo/test.sh` and `sample/directory/with/files/ignorable.sh`.
 
+You can also ignore specific files using full paths or glob patterns with `ignore_paths`.
+
+example:
+
+```yaml
+    ...
+    - name: Run ShellCheck
+      uses: ludeeus/action-shellcheck@master
+      with:
+        ignore_paths: ./sample/directory/with/files/ignorable.sh **/ignoreme/test.sh
+```
+
+This will skip `sample/directory/with/files/ignorable.sh` and `sample/directory/with/files/ignoreme/test.sh`.
+
 ## Minimum severity of errors to consider (error, warning, info, style)
 
 You can use the `severity` input to not fail until specified severity is met, for example fail only if there are errors in scripts but ignore styling, info and warnings.
diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
index a31ec82..3bb13cd 100644
--- a/action.yaml
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ runs:
       id: exclude
       run: |
         declare -a excludes
+        set -f # temporarily disable globbing so that globs in input aren't
+               # expanded
         excludes+=("! -path \"*./.git/*\"")
         excludes+=("! -path \"*.go\"")
         excludes+=("! -path \"*/mvnw\"")
@@ -112,12 +114,14 @@ runs:
             echo "::debug:: Adding "$path" to excludes"
             excludes+=("! -path \"*./$path/*\"")
             excludes+=("! -path \"*/$path/*\"")
+            excludes+=("! -path \"$path\"")
           done
         else
           for path in ${{ inputs.ignore_paths }}; do
             echo "::debug:: Adding "$path" to excludes"
             excludes+=("! -path \"*./$path/*\"")
             excludes+=("! -path \"*/$path/*\"")
+            excludes+=("! -path \"$path\"")
           done
         fi
 
@@ -127,6 +131,8 @@ runs:
         done
         echo "::set-output name=excludes::${excludes[@]}"
 
+        set +f # re-enable globbing
+
     - name: Gather additional files
       shell: bash
       id: additional
diff --git a/testfiles/duplicate_name.bash b/testfiles/duplicate_name.bash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c196c7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testfiles/duplicate_name.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+test="test"
+echo "$test"
diff --git a/testfiles/ignore/ignore.bash b/testfiles/ignore/ignore.bash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c196c7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testfiles/ignore/ignore.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+test="test"
+echo "$test"
diff --git a/testfiles/ignore/ignore.sh b/testfiles/ignore/ignore.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c116a9..0000000
--- a/testfiles/ignore/ignore.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-echo $test $test
-
-echo $test2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testfiles/ignore_some/do_not_ignore.bash b/testfiles/ignore_some/do_not_ignore.bash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c196c7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testfiles/ignore_some/do_not_ignore.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+test="test"
+echo "$test"
diff --git a/testfiles/ignore_some/duplicate_name.bash b/testfiles/ignore_some/duplicate_name.bash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c196c7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testfiles/ignore_some/duplicate_name.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+test="test"
+echo "$test"
diff --git a/testfiles/ignore_some/ignore.bash b/testfiles/ignore_some/ignore.bash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c196c7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testfiles/ignore_some/ignore.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+test="test"
+echo "$test"