diff --git a/pkg/fs/fs.go b/pkg/fs/fs.go
index 0824d00..29a68dd 100644
--- a/pkg/fs/fs.go
+++ b/pkg/fs/fs.go
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ func BuildPackageFromDir(input string, kdoc *k8spdx.Document, kpkg *k8spdx.Packa
 
 		fhandle, err := os.Open(path)
 		if err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+				return nil
+			}
+
 			return err
 		}
 		defer fhandle.Close()
@@ -332,9 +336,23 @@ func BuildPackage(name, author, organization, license,
 	for _, ipath := range inputPaths {
 		pinfo, err := os.Lstat(ipath)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Error().Err(err).Str("path", ipath).Msg("unable to stat path")
+			// check if glob
+			ifiles, err1 := filepath.Glob(ipath)
+			if err1 != nil || len(ifiles) == 0 {
+				log.Error().Err(err).Str("path", ipath).Msg("unable to stat path")
 
-			return err
+				return err
+			}
+
+			for _, ifile := range ifiles {
+				log.Info().Str("file", ifile).Str("package", pkgname).Msg("adding file to package")
+
+				if err := BuildPackageFromFile(ifile, kpkg, license); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+
+			continue
 		}
 
 		if pinfo.IsDir() {
diff --git a/pkg/fs/inventory.go b/pkg/fs/inventory.go
index c85ac39..7e9cc50 100644
--- a/pkg/fs/inventory.go
+++ b/pkg/fs/inventory.go
@@ -24,10 +24,19 @@ type Inventory struct {
 }
 
 func isExcluded(path string, exclude []string) bool {
-	for _, e := range exclude {
-		if path == e {
+	for _, excl := range exclude {
+		if path == excl {
 			return true
 		}
+
+		// exclude entry could be a glob
+		files, _ := filepath.Glob(excl)
+
+		for _, fil := range files {
+			if path == fil {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	return false
diff --git a/test/build.bats b/test/build.bats
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a3f919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/build.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+load helpers
+
+function setup() {
+  common_setup
+}
+
+function teardown() {
+  common_teardown
+}
+
+@test "build workflow" {
+  # create folders and files
+  mkdir -p $BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/dir1/
+  truncate -s 1k $BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/dir1/file1
+  truncate -s 1k $BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/dir1/file2
+
+  # directory scan
+  ${TOPDIR}/bin/stacker-bom-linux-amd64 build --name dir1 --pkgname pkg1 --pkgversion 1.0.0 --license MIT --path $BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/dir1 -o $BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/dir1.json
+  [ -f $BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/dir1.json ]
+  cat $BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/dir1.json | jq .
+  rm $BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/dir1.json
+
+  # directory scan with glob
+  ${TOPDIR}/bin/stacker-bom-linux-amd64 build --name dir1 --pkgname pkg1 --pkgversion 1.0.0 --license MIT --path $BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/dir1/.* -o $BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/dir1.json
+  [ -f $BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/dir1.json ]
+  cat $BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/dir1.json | jq .
+  rm $BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/dir1.json
+
+  # file scan with glob
+  ${TOPDIR}/bin/stacker-bom-linux-amd64 build --name dir1 --pkgname pkg1 --pkgversion 1.0.0 --license MIT --path "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/dir1/file*" -o $BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/dir1.json
+  [ -f $BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/dir1.json ]
+  cat $BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/dir1.json | jq .
+  rm $BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/dir1.json
+}
diff --git a/test/bom.bats b/test/distro.bats
similarity index 100%
rename from test/bom.bats
rename to test/distro.bats