diff --git a/ext/standard/dir.c b/ext/standard/dir.c
index 2eb9d853eeb16..8e9f2b53b4443 100644
--- a/ext/standard/dir.c
+++ b/ext/standard/dir.c
@@ -400,13 +400,34 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(getcwd)
 /* }}} */
 
 /* {{{ Find pathnames matching a pattern */
+#if defined(ZTS) && defined(PHP_GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC)
+static void *php_glob_opendir_wrapper(const char *path)
+{
+	return VCWD_OPENDIR(path);
+}
+
+static void php_glob_closedir_wrapper(void *dir)
+{
+	(void) closedir(dir);
+}
+
+static int php_glob_lstat_wrapper(const char *buf, zend_stat_t *sb)
+{
+	return VCWD_LSTAT(buf, sb);
+}
+
+static int php_glob_stat_wrapper(const char *buf, zend_stat_t *sb)
+{
+	return VCWD_STAT(buf, sb);
+}
+#endif
+
 PHP_FUNCTION(glob)
 {
 	size_t cwd_skip = 0;
-#ifdef ZTS
+#if defined(ZTS) && !defined(PHP_GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC)
 	char cwd[MAXPATHLEN];
 	char work_pattern[MAXPATHLEN];
-	char *result;
 #endif
 	char *pattern = NULL;
 	size_t pattern_len;
@@ -433,9 +454,28 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(glob)
 		RETURN_FALSE;
 	}
 
+	memset(&globbuf, 0, sizeof(globbuf));
+
+	int passed_glob_flags = flags & PHP_GLOB_FLAGMASK;
+
 #ifdef ZTS
 	if (!IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH(pattern, pattern_len)) {
-		result = VCWD_GETCWD(cwd, MAXPATHLEN);
+		/* System glob uses the current work directory which is not thread safe.
+		 * The first fix is to override the functions used to open/read/... paths
+		 * with the VCWD ones used in PHP.
+		 * If that functionality is unavailable for whatever reason, fall back
+		 * to prepending the current working directory to the passed path.
+		 * However, that comes with limitations regarding meta characters
+		 * that is not solvable in general (GH-13204). */
+#ifdef PHP_GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC
+		globbuf.gl_opendir = php_glob_opendir_wrapper;
+		globbuf.gl_readdir = (struct dirent *(*)(void *)) readdir;
+		globbuf.gl_closedir = php_glob_closedir_wrapper;
+		globbuf.gl_lstat = php_glob_lstat_wrapper;
+		globbuf.gl_stat = php_glob_stat_wrapper;
+		passed_glob_flags |= PHP_GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC;
+#else
+		char *result = VCWD_GETCWD(cwd, MAXPATHLEN);
 		if (!result) {
 			cwd[0] = '\0';
 		}
@@ -448,13 +488,13 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(glob)
 
 		snprintf(work_pattern, MAXPATHLEN, "%s%c%s", cwd, DEFAULT_SLASH, pattern);
 		pattern = work_pattern;
+#endif
 	}
 #endif
 
 
-	memset(&globbuf, 0, sizeof(globbuf));
 	globbuf.gl_offs = 0;
-	if (0 != (ret = php_glob(pattern, flags & PHP_GLOB_FLAGMASK, NULL, &globbuf))) {
+	if (0 != (ret = php_glob(pattern, passed_glob_flags, NULL, &globbuf))) {
 #ifdef PHP_GLOB_NOMATCH
 		if (PHP_GLOB_NOMATCH == ret) {
 			/* Some glob implementation simply return no data if no matches
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/file/gh13204.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/file/gh13204.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1af66539195a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/file/gh13204.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-13204 (glob() fails if square bracket is in current directory)
+--FILE--
+<?php
+chdir(__DIR__ . '/gh13204[brackets]/');
+var_dump(glob('./*'));
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+array(1) {
+  [0]=>
+  string(11) "./empty.txt"
+}
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/file/gh13204[brackets]/empty.txt b/ext/standard/tests/file/gh13204[brackets]/empty.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d