diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bb97eefa3..551402515 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Setting SHELL to bash allows bash commands to be executed by recipes.
 # This is a requirement for 'setup-envtest.sh' in the test target.
 # Options are set to exit when a recipe line exits non-zero or a piped command fails.
-SHELL = /usr/bin/env bash -o pipefail
+SHELL = /usr/bin/env bash -o pipefail -O globstar
 .SHELLFLAGS = -ec
 
 ##@ General