diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/DescribeCommandTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/DescribeCommandTest.java
index fd3aa2884..df9ae6a0f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/DescribeCommandTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/DescribeCommandTest.java
@@ -421,6 +421,23 @@ public void t1sameDepthT2() throws Exception {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void globMatchWithSlashes() throws Exception {
+		ObjectId c1 = modify("aaa");
+		tag("a/b/version");
+		ObjectId c2 = modify("bbb");
+		tag("a/b/version2");
+		if (useAnnotatedTags || describeUseAllTags) {
+			assertEquals("a/b/version", describe(c1, "*/version*"));
+			assertEquals("a/b/version2", describe(c2, "*/version*"));
+		} else {
+			assertNull(describe(c1));
+			assertNull(describe(c1, "*/version*"));
+			assertNull(describe(c2));
+			assertNull(describe(c2, "*/version*"));
+		}
+	}
+
 	private ObjectId merge(ObjectId c2) throws GitAPIException {
 		return git.merge().include(c2).call().getNewHead();
 	}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/DescribeCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/DescribeCommand.java
index db3a3d947..9ad77e65f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/DescribeCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/DescribeCommand.java
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.IncorrectObjectTypeException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.InvalidPatternException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.MissingObjectException;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.ignore.internal.IMatcher;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.ignore.internal.PathMatcher;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.fnmatch.FileNameMatcher;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.JGitText;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ public class DescribeCommand extends GitCommand<String> {
 	/**
 	 * Pattern matchers to be applied to tags under consideration.
 	 */
-	private List<IMatcher> matchers = new ArrayList<>();
+	private List<FileNameMatcher> matchers = new ArrayList<>();
 
 	/**
 	 * Whether to use all tags (incl. lightweight) or not.
@@ -242,7 +241,7 @@ private String longDescription(Ref tag, int depth, ObjectId tip)
 	 */
 	public DescribeCommand setMatch(String... patterns) throws InvalidPatternException {
 		for (String p : patterns) {
-			matchers.add(PathMatcher.createPathMatcher(p, null, false));
+			matchers.add(new FileNameMatcher(p, null));
 		}
 		return this;
 	}
@@ -275,9 +274,15 @@ private Optional<Ref> getBestMatch(List<Ref> tags) {
 			// Find the first tag that matches in the stream of all tags
 			// filtered by matchers ordered by tie break order
 			Stream<Ref> matchingTags = Stream.empty();
-			for (IMatcher matcher : matchers) {
+			for (FileNameMatcher matcher : matchers) {
 				Stream<Ref> m = tags.stream().filter(
-						tag -> matcher.matches(tag.getName(), false, false));
+						tag -> {
+							matcher.append(
+									tag.getName().substring(R_TAGS.length()));
+							boolean result = matcher.isMatch();
+							matcher.reset();
+							return result;
+						});
 				matchingTags = Stream.of(matchingTags, m).flatMap(i -> i);
 			}
 			return matchingTags.sorted(TAG_TIE_BREAKER).findFirst();