diff --git a/packages/cli/src/api/__snapshots__/catalog.test.ts.snap b/packages/cli/src/api/__snapshots__/catalog.test.ts.snap
index 638f0f4a3..25d128b95 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/api/__snapshots__/catalog.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/cli/src/api/__snapshots__/catalog.test.ts.snap
@@ -19,6 +19,23 @@ exports[`Catalog POT Flow Should get translations from template if locale file n
 }
 `;
 
+exports[`Catalog collect should extract files with special characters in the include path 1`] = `
+{
+  Component D: {
+    comments: [],
+    context: undefined,
+    message: undefined,
+    origin: [
+      [
+        collect/[componentD]/index.js,
+        1,
+      ],
+    ],
+    placeholders: {},
+  },
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`Catalog collect should extract files with special characters when passed in options 1`] = `
 {
   Component C: {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/api/catalog.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/api/catalog.test.ts
index d295f1e9c..ef79a4ea7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/api/catalog.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/api/catalog.test.ts
@@ -318,6 +318,21 @@ describe("Catalog", () => {
       expect(messages).toMatchSnapshot()
     })
 
+    it("should extract files with special characters in the include path", async () => {
+      const catalog = new Catalog(
+        {
+          name: "messages",
+          path: "locales/{locale}",
+          include: [fixture("collect/[componentD]")],
+          exclude: [],
+          format,
+        },
+        mockConfig()
+      )
+      const messages = await catalog.collect()
+      expect(messages).toMatchSnapshot()
+    })
+
     it("should throw an error when duplicate identifier with different defaults found", async () => {
       const catalog = new Catalog(
         {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/api/catalog.ts b/packages/cli/src/api/catalog.ts
index 099b5471d..e0f74f591 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/api/catalog.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/api/catalog.ts
@@ -264,22 +264,24 @@ export class Catalog {
   }
 
   get sourcePaths() {
-    const includeGlobs = this.include.map((includePath) => {
-      const isDir = isDirectory(includePath)
-      /**
-       * glob library results from absolute patterns such as /foo/* are mounted onto the root setting using path.join.
-       * On windows, this will by default result in /foo/* matching C:\foo\bar.txt.
-       */
-      return isDir
-        ? normalize(
-            path.resolve(
-              process.cwd(),
-              includePath === "/" ? "" : includePath,
-              "**/*.*"
+    const includeGlobs = this.include
+      .map((includePath) => {
+        const isDir = isDirectory(includePath)
+        /**
+         * glob library results from absolute patterns such as /foo/* are mounted onto the root setting using path.join.
+         * On windows, this will by default result in /foo/* matching C:\foo\bar.txt.
+         */
+        return isDir
+          ? normalize(
+              path.resolve(
+                process.cwd(),
+                includePath === "/" ? "" : includePath,
+                "**/*.*"
+              )
             )
-          )
-        : includePath
-    })
+          : includePath
+      })
+      .map(makePathRegexSafe)
 
     return globSync(includeGlobs, { ignore: this.exclude, mark: true })
   }