diff -upr man-db-2.6.1.orig/src/globbing.c man-db-2.6.1/src/globbing.c
--- man-db-2.6.1.orig/src/globbing.c	2010-09-26 23:08:14.000000000 +0200
+++ man-db-2.6.1/src/globbing.c	2012-04-24 14:30:30.113882075 +0200
@@ -427,3 +427,30 @@ char **look_for_file (const char *hier, 
 	else
 		return gbuf.gl_pathv;
 }
+
+char **expand_path (const char *path)
+{
+	int res = 0;
+	char **result = NULL;
+	glob_t globbuf;
+
+	res = glob (path, 0, NULL, &globbuf);
+	/* if glob failed, return the given path */
+	if (res != 0) {
+		result = (char **) xmalloc (2 * sizeof(char **));
+		result[0] = xstrndup (path, strlen(path));
+		result[1] = NULL;
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	result = (char **) xmalloc ((globbuf.gl_pathc + 1) * sizeof(char **));
+	size_t i;
+	for (i = 0; i < globbuf.gl_pathc; i++) {
+		result[i] = xstrndup (globbuf.gl_pathv[i], strlen (globbuf.gl_pathv[i]));
+	}
+	result[globbuf.gl_pathc] = NULL;
+
+	globfree (&globbuf);
+
+	return result;
+}
diff -upr man-db-2.6.1.orig/src/globbing.h man-db-2.6.1/src/globbing.h
--- man-db-2.6.1.orig/src/globbing.h	2008-12-11 00:06:18.000000000 +0100
+++ man-db-2.6.1/src/globbing.h	2012-03-26 20:35:49.580882731 +0200
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@ enum look_for_file_opts {
 /* globbing.c */
 extern char **look_for_file (const char *hier, const char *sec,
 			     const char *unesc_name, int cat, int opts);
+
+/* Expand path with wildcards into list of all existing directories. */
+extern char **expand_path (const char *path);
diff -upr man-db-2.6.1.orig/src/Makefile.am man-db-2.6.1/src/Makefile.am
--- man-db-2.6.1.orig/src/Makefile.am	2012-02-05 14:25:20.000000000 +0100
+++ man-db-2.6.1/src/Makefile.am	2012-03-26 20:35:49.581882637 +0200
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ zsoelim_LDADD = $(LIBMAN) $(libpipeline_
 accessdb_SOURCES = \
 	accessdb.c
 catman_SOURCES = \
+	globbing.c \
+	globbing.h \
 	catman.c \
 	manp.c \
 	manp.h
@@ -140,10 +142,14 @@ mandb_SOURCES = \
 	ult_src.c \
 	ult_src.h
 manpath_SOURCES = \
+	globbing.c \
+	globbing.h \
 	manp.c \
 	manp.h \
 	manpath.c
 whatis_SOURCES = \
+	globbing.c \
+	globbing.h \
 	manconv.c \
 	manconv.h \
 	manp.c \
diff -upr man-db-2.6.1.orig/src/manp.c man-db-2.6.1/src/manp.c
--- man-db-2.6.1.orig/src/manp.c	2012-02-05 14:18:59.000000000 +0100
+++ man-db-2.6.1/src/manp.c	2012-03-26 20:35:49.617879267 +0200
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "manp.h"
+#include "globbing.h"
 
 struct list {
 	char *key;
@@ -1035,32 +1036,45 @@ char *get_manpath_from_path (const char 
 static void add_dir_to_list (char **lp, const char *dir)
 {
 	int status;
-	int pos = 0;
-
-	while (*lp != NULL) {
-		if (pos > MAXDIRS - 1)
-			gripe_overlong_list ();
-		if (!strcmp (*lp, dir)) {
-			debug ("%s is already in the manpath\n", dir);
-			return;
+	int pos = 0, i = 0;
+	char *d = NULL;
+	char **expanded_dirs = NULL;
+
+	expanded_dirs = expand_path (dir);
+	for (i = 0; expanded_dirs[i] != NULL; i++) {
+		d = expanded_dirs[i];
+
+		while (*lp != NULL) {
+			if (pos > MAXDIRS - 1)
+				gripe_overlong_list ();
+			if (!strcmp (*lp, d)) {
+				debug ("%s is already in the manpath\n", d);
+				return;
+			}
+			lp++;
+			pos++;
 		}
-		lp++;
-		pos++;
-	}
 
-	/* Not found -- add it. */
+		/* Not found -- add it. */
+
+		status = is_directory (d);
 
-	status = is_directory (dir);
+		if (status < 0)
+			gripe_stat_file (d);
+		else if (status == 0)
+			gripe_not_directory (d);
+		else if (status == 1) {
+			debug ("adding %s to manpath\n", d);
 
-	if (status < 0)
-		gripe_stat_file (dir);
-	else if (status == 0)
-		gripe_not_directory (dir);
-	else if (status == 1) {
-		debug ("adding %s to manpath\n", dir);
+			*lp = xstrdup (d);
+		}
 
-		*lp = xstrdup (dir);
+		free (d);
 	}
+
+	/* free also the last NULL pointer */
+	free (expanded_dirs[i]);
+	free (expanded_dirs);
 }
 
 /* path does not exist in config file: check to see if path/../man,
@@ -1104,33 +1118,47 @@ static inline char *has_mandir (const ch
 
 static char **add_dir_to_path_list (char **mphead, char **mp, const char *p)
 {
-	int status;
+	int status, i = 0;
 	char *cwd;
+	char *d = NULL;
+	char **expanded_dirs = NULL;
 
 	if (mp - mphead > MAXDIRS - 1)
 		gripe_overlong_list ();
 
-	status = is_directory (p);
-
-	if (status < 0)
-		gripe_stat_file (p);
-	else if (status == 0)
-		gripe_not_directory (p);
-	else {
-		/* deal with relative paths */
+	expanded_dirs = expand_path (p);
+	for (i = 0; expanded_dirs[i] != NULL; i++) {
+		d = expanded_dirs[i];
+
+		status = is_directory (d);
+
+		if (status < 0)
+			gripe_stat_file (d);
+		else if (status == 0)
+			gripe_not_directory (d);
+		else {
+			/* deal with relative paths */
+
+			if (*d != '/') {
+				cwd = xgetcwd ();
+				if (!cwd)
+					error (FATAL, errno,
+						   _("can't determine current directory"));
+				*mp = appendstr (cwd, "/", d, NULL);
+			} else
+				*mp = xstrdup (d);
 
-		if (*p != '/') {
-			cwd = xgetcwd ();
-			if (!cwd)
-				error (FATAL, errno,
-				       _("can't determine current directory"));
-			*mp = appendstr (cwd, "/", p, NULL);
-		} else 
-			*mp = xstrdup (p);
+			debug ("adding %s to manpathlist\n", *mp);
+			mp++;
+		}
 
-		debug ("adding %s to manpathlist\n", *mp);
-		mp++;
+		free (d);
 	}
+
+	/* free also the last NULL pointer */
+	free (expanded_dirs[i]);
+	free (expanded_dirs);
+
 	return mp;
 }