diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e9ff74b46..1c97c17e9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 - [#1768](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1768): Speed up statsd parsing.
 - [#1751](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1751): Fix powerdns integer parse error handling.
 - [#1752](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1752): Fix varnish plugin defaults not being used.
+- [#1517](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1517): Fix windows glob paths.
 
 ## v1.0.1 [unreleased]
 
diff --git a/internal/globpath/globpath.go b/internal/globpath/globpath.go
index 6755e69b2..22ae92721 100644
--- a/internal/globpath/globpath.go
+++ b/internal/globpath/globpath.go
@@ -12,21 +12,23 @@ import (
 var sepStr = fmt.Sprintf("%v", string(os.PathSeparator))
 
 type GlobPath struct {
-	path    string
-	hasMeta bool
-	g       glob.Glob
-	root    string
+	path         string
+	hasMeta      bool
+	hasSuperMeta bool
+	g            glob.Glob
+	root         string
 }
 
 func Compile(path string) (*GlobPath, error) {
 	out := GlobPath{
-		hasMeta: hasMeta(path),
-		path:    path,
+		hasMeta:      hasMeta(path),
+		hasSuperMeta: hasSuperMeta(path),
+		path:         path,
 	}
 
 	// if there are no glob meta characters in the path, don't bother compiling
 	// a glob object or finding the root directory. (see short-circuit in Match)
-	if !out.hasMeta {
+	if !out.hasMeta || !out.hasSuperMeta {
 		return &out, nil
 	}
 
@@ -48,6 +50,17 @@ func (g *GlobPath) Match() map[string]os.FileInfo {
 		}
 		return out
 	}
+	if !g.hasSuperMeta {
+		out := make(map[string]os.FileInfo)
+		files, _ := filepath.Glob(g.path)
+		for _, file := range files {
+			info, err := os.Stat(file)
+			if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				out[file] = info
+			}
+		}
+		return out
+	}
 	return walkFilePath(g.root, g.g)
 }
 
@@ -96,3 +109,8 @@ func findRootDir(path string) string {
 func hasMeta(path string) bool {
 	return strings.IndexAny(path, "*?[") >= 0
 }
+
+// hasSuperMeta reports whether path contains any super magic glob characters (**).
+func hasSuperMeta(path string) bool {
+	return strings.Index(path, "**") >= 0
+}