diff --git a/packages/cli/src/glob.rescript.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/glob.rescript.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2043817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/src/glob.rescript.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import chokidar from 'chokidar';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import * as os from 'os';
+
+/** Uses chokidar to collect files matching a glob pattern (same as CLI) */
+function getMatchedFiles(pattern: string): Promise<string[]> {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    const files: string[] = [];
+    const watcher = chokidar.watch(pattern, { persistent: false });
+    watcher.on('add', (filePath) => files.push(filePath));
+    watcher.on('ready', () => {
+      watcher.close();
+      resolve(files);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+describe('srcDir glob pattern matching', () => {
+  let testDir: string;
+  let srcDir: string;
+  let testsDir: string;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    // Create a temporary directory structure
+    testDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'pgtyped-test-'));
+    srcDir = path.join(testDir, 'src');
+    testsDir = path.join(testDir, '__tests__');
+
+    // Create directories
+    fs.mkdirSync(srcDir, { recursive: true });
+    fs.mkdirSync(testsDir, { recursive: true });
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(srcDir, 'queries'), { recursive: true });
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(testsDir, 'queries'), { recursive: true });
+
+    // Create test SQL files
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(srcDir, 'queries', 'users.sql'),
+      '/* @name GetUsers */\nSELECT * FROM users;',
+    );
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(testsDir, 'queries', 'test.sql'),
+      '/* @name GetTestData */\nSELECT * FROM test_data;',
+    );
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    // Cleanup
+    fs.rmSync(testDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  test('simple srcDir pattern finds SQL files', async () => {
+    const srcDirPattern = path.join(testDir, 'src');
+    const include = '**/*.sql';
+    const pattern = `${srcDirPattern}/**/${include}`;
+
+    const files = await getMatchedFiles(pattern);
+    expect(files.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(files[0]).toContain('users.sql');
+  });
+
+  test('parentheses extglob syntax (src|__tests__) finds files in both directories', async () => {
+    const srcDirPattern = `${testDir}/(src|__tests__)`;
+    const include = '**/*.sql';
+    const pattern = `${srcDirPattern}/**/${include}`;
+
+    const files = await getMatchedFiles(pattern);
+    expect(files.length).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  test('brace syntax {src,__tests__} finds files in both directories', async () => {
+    const srcDirPattern = `${testDir}/{src,__tests__}`;
+    const include = '**/*.sql';
+    const pattern = `${srcDirPattern}/**/${include}`;
+
+    const files = await getMatchedFiles(pattern);
+    expect(files.length).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  test('srcDir with embedded wildcards (src|__tests__)/**/* works', async () => {
+    // The user's config had srcDir: "./(src|__tests__)/**/*"
+    const srcDirWithWildcard = `${testDir}/(src|__tests__)/**/*`;
+    const include = '**/*.sql';
+    const pattern = `${srcDirWithWildcard}/**/${include}`;
+
+    const files = await getMatchedFiles(pattern);
+    expect(files.length).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  test('empty directory returns empty array without error', async () => {
+    const emptyDir = path.join(testDir, 'empty');
+    fs.mkdirSync(emptyDir, { recursive: true });
+
+    const srcDirPattern = emptyDir;
+    const include = '**/*.sql';
+    const pattern = `${srcDirPattern}/**/${include}`;
+
+    const files = await getMatchedFiles(pattern);
+    expect(files.length).toBe(0);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/index.ts
index 9ed21362..ad0c4a8f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import { startup } from 'pgtyped-rescript-query';
 import { AsyncQueue } from '@pgtyped/wire';
 import chokidar from 'chokidar';
-import { globSync } from 'glob';
 import nun from 'nunjucks';
 import yargs from 'yargs';
 import { hideBin } from 'yargs/helpers';
@@ -17,6 +16,19 @@ import WorkerPool from 'piscina';
 
 nun.configure({ autoescape: false });
 
+/** Uses chokidar to collect files matching a glob pattern */
+function getMatchedFiles(pattern: string): Promise<string[]> {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    const files: string[] = [];
+    const watcher = chokidar.watch(pattern, { persistent: false });
+    watcher.on('add', (filePath) => files.push(filePath));
+    watcher.on('ready', () => {
+      watcher.close();
+      resolve(files);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
 interface TransformJob {
   files: string[];
   transform: TransformConfig;
@@ -113,10 +125,10 @@ async function main(
         .on('change', cb);
     } else {
       /**
-       * If the user didn't provide the -f paramter, we're using the list of files we got from glob.
-       * If he did, we're using glob file list to detect if his provided file should be used with this transform.
+       * If the user didn't provide the -f parameter, we're using the list of files we got from chokidar.
+       * If he did, we're using the file list to detect if his provided file should be used with this transform.
        */
-      let fileList = globSync(pattern);
+      let fileList = await getMatchedFiles(pattern);
       if (fileOverride) {
         fileList = fileList.includes(fileOverride) ? [fileOverride] : [];
         if (fileList.length > 0) {