--- proftpd-1.3.2a/modules/mod_facts.c.mlsd	2009-04-28 22:17:45.000000000 +0100
+++ proftpd-1.3.2a/modules/mod_facts.c	2009-09-07 14:17:39.000000000 +0100
@@ -841,12 +841,13 @@
     return PR_ERROR(cmd);
   }
 
-  /* RFC3659 explicitly does NOT support glob characters. */
+  /* RFC3659 explicitly does NOT support glob characters.  So warn about
+   * this, but let the command continue as is.  We don't actually call
+   * glob(3) here, so no expansion will occur.
+   */
   if (strpbrk(decoded_path, "{[*?") != NULL) {
-    pr_log_debug(DEBUG2, MOD_FACTS_VERSION ": unable to handle MLSD command: "
-      "target '%s' contains glob characters", decoded_path);
-    pr_response_add_err(R_550, _("Unable to handle command"));
-    return PR_ERROR(cmd);
+    pr_log_debug(DEBUG9, MOD_FACTS_VERSION ": glob characters in MLSD ('%s') "
+      "ignored", decoded_path);
   }
 
   /* Make sure that the given path is actually a directory. */