diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index b4d656192e..47c0a99cb5 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ static int match_pathspec_item(const struct index_state *istate,
 		if ((namelen < matchlen) &&
 		    (match[namelen-offset] == '/') &&
 		    !ps_strncmp(item, match, name, namelen))
-			return MATCHED_RECURSIVELY;
+			return MATCHED_RECURSIVELY_LEADING_PATHSPEC;
 
 		/* name" doesn't match up to the first wild character */
 		if (item->nowildcard_len < item->len &&
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ static int match_pathspec_item(const struct index_state *istate,
 		 * The submodules themselves will be able to perform more
 		 * accurate matching to determine if the pathspec matches.
 		 */
-		return MATCHED_RECURSIVELY;
+		return MATCHED_RECURSIVELY_LEADING_PATHSPEC;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1939,8 +1939,10 @@ static enum path_treatment read_directory_recursive(struct dir_struct *dir,
 		/* recurse into subdir if instructed by treat_path */
 		if ((state == path_recurse) ||
 			((state == path_untracked) &&
-			 (dir->flags & DIR_SHOW_IGNORED_TOO) &&
-			 (get_dtype(cdir.de, istate, path.buf, path.len) == DT_DIR))) {
+			 (get_dtype(cdir.de, istate, path.buf, path.len) == DT_DIR) &&
+			 ((dir->flags & DIR_SHOW_IGNORED_TOO) ||
+			  do_match_pathspec(istate, pathspec, path.buf, path.len,
+					    baselen, NULL, DO_MATCH_LEADING_PATHSPEC) == MATCHED_RECURSIVELY_LEADING_PATHSPEC))) {
 			struct untracked_cache_dir *ud;
 			ud = lookup_untracked(dir->untracked, untracked,
 					      path.buf + baselen,
diff --git a/dir.h b/dir.h
index 680079bbe3..46c238ab49 100644
--- a/dir.h
+++ b/dir.h
@@ -211,8 +211,9 @@ int count_slashes(const char *s);
  * when populating the seen[] array.
  */
 #define MATCHED_RECURSIVELY 1
-#define MATCHED_FNMATCH 2
-#define MATCHED_EXACTLY 3
+#define MATCHED_RECURSIVELY_LEADING_PATHSPEC 2
+#define MATCHED_FNMATCH 3
+#define MATCHED_EXACTLY 4
 int simple_length(const char *match);
 int no_wildcard(const char *string);
 char *common_prefix(const struct pathspec *pathspec);
diff --git a/t/t7300-clean.sh b/t/t7300-clean.sh
index 12617158db..d83aeb7dc2 100755
--- a/t/t7300-clean.sh
+++ b/t/t7300-clean.sh
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ test_expect_failure 'git clean -d skips nested repo containing ignored files' '
 	test_path_is_file nested-repo-with-ignored-file/file
 '
 
-test_expect_failure 'git clean handles being told what to clean' '
+test_expect_success 'git clean handles being told what to clean' '
 	mkdir -p d1 d2 &&
 	touch d1/ut d2/ut &&
 	git clean -f */ut &&
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ test_expect_success 'git clean handles being told what to clean, with -d' '
 	test_path_is_missing d2/ut
 '
 
-test_expect_failure 'git clean works if a glob is passed without -d' '
+test_expect_success 'git clean works if a glob is passed without -d' '
 	mkdir -p d1 d2 &&
 	touch d1/ut d2/ut &&
 	git clean -f "*ut" &&