diff --git a/packages/build-utils/src/fs/glob.ts b/packages/build-utils/src/fs/glob.ts
index f9b5dc840..1ac87b138 100644
--- a/packages/build-utils/src/fs/glob.ts
+++ b/packages/build-utils/src/fs/glob.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import { lstat, Stats } from 'fs-extra';
 import { normalizePath } from './normalize-path';
 import FileFsRef from '../file-fs-ref';
 
-export type GlobOptions = vanillaGlob_.IOptions;
+export interface GlobOptions extends vanillaGlob_.IOptions {
+  includeDirectories?: boolean;
+}
 
 const vanillaGlob = promisify(vanillaGlob_);
 
@@ -73,18 +75,20 @@ export default async function glob(
   }
 
   // Add empty directory entries
-  for (const relativePath of dirs) {
-    if (dirsWithEntries.has(relativePath)) continue;
+  if (options.includeDirectories) {
+    for (const relativePath of dirs) {
+      if (dirsWithEntries.has(relativePath)) continue;
 
-    let finalPath = relativePath;
-    if (mountpoint) {
-      finalPath = path.join(mountpoint, finalPath);
+      let finalPath = relativePath;
+      if (mountpoint) {
+        finalPath = path.join(mountpoint, finalPath);
+      }
+
+      const fsPath = normalizePath(path.join(options.cwd, relativePath));
+      const stat = statCache[fsPath];
+
+      results[finalPath] = new FileFsRef({ mode: stat.mode, fsPath });
     }
-
-    const fsPath = normalizePath(path.join(options.cwd, relativePath));
-    const stat = statCache[fsPath];
-
-    results[finalPath] = new FileFsRef({ mode: stat.mode, fsPath });
   }
 
   return results;
diff --git a/packages/build-utils/test/unit.glob.test.ts b/packages/build-utils/test/unit.glob.test.ts
index aeadcb459..4e002d53d 100644
--- a/packages/build-utils/test/unit.glob.test.ts
+++ b/packages/build-utils/test/unit.glob.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { tmpdir } from 'os';
 import { glob, isDirectory } from '../src';
 
 describe('glob()', () => {
-  it('should return entries for empty directories', async () => {
+  it('should not return entries for empty directories by default', async () => {
     const dir = await fs.mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'build-utils-test'));
     try {
       await Promise.all([
@@ -19,6 +19,33 @@ describe('glob()', () => {
       ]);
       const files = await glob('**', dir);
       const fileNames = Object.keys(files).sort();
+      expect(fileNames).toHaveLength(2);
+      expect(fileNames).toEqual(['dir-with-file/data.json', 'root.txt']);
+      expect(isDirectory(files['dir-with-file/data.json'].mode)).toEqual(false);
+      expect(isDirectory(files['root.txt'].mode)).toEqual(false);
+      expect(files['dir-with-file']).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(files['another/subdir']).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(files['empty-dir']).toBeUndefined();
+    } finally {
+      await fs.remove(dir);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('should return entries for empty directories with `includeDirectories: true`', async () => {
+    const dir = await fs.mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'build-utils-test'));
+    try {
+      await Promise.all([
+        fs.writeFile(join(dir, 'root.txt'), 'file at the root'),
+        fs.mkdirp(join(dir, 'empty-dir')),
+        fs
+          .mkdirp(join(dir, 'dir-with-file'))
+          .then(() =>
+            fs.writeFile(join(dir, 'dir-with-file/data.json'), '{"a":"b"}')
+          ),
+        fs.mkdirp(join(dir, 'another/subdir')),
+      ]);
+      const files = await glob('**', { cwd: dir, includeDirectories: true });
+      const fileNames = Object.keys(files).sort();
       expect(fileNames).toHaveLength(4);
       expect(fileNames).toEqual([
         'another/subdir',