diff --git a/pkg/cmdutil/args.go b/pkg/cmdutil/args.go
index ae7e9e956b0..196621b823c 100644
--- a/pkg/cmdutil/args.go
+++ b/pkg/cmdutil/args.go
@@ -67,8 +67,10 @@ func GlobWindowsPaths(patterns []string) ([]string, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %v", pattern, err)
 		}
-		if len(matches) != 0 {
+		if len(matches) > 0 {
 			expansions = append(expansions, matches...)
+		} else {
+			expansions = append(expansions, pattern)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/cmdutil/args_test.go b/pkg/cmdutil/args_test.go
index b47a64db675..60a37c29532 100644
--- a/pkg/cmdutil/args_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmdutil/args_test.go
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ func TestGlobWindowsPaths(t *testing.T) {
 			wantErr:  nil,
 		},
 		{
-			name:     "When no files match, it returns an empty expansions array",
+			name:     "When no files match, it returns an empty expansions array, it returns the unmatched patterns",
 			patterns: []string{"foo", "bar"},
-			wantOut:  []string{},
+			wantOut:  []string{"foo", "bar"},
 			wantErr:  nil,
 		},
 		{