diff --git a/src/Composer/Autoload/AutoloadGenerator.php b/src/Composer/Autoload/AutoloadGenerator.php
index 0d3e15ad6..dd02e57e9 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Autoload/AutoloadGenerator.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Autoload/AutoloadGenerator.php
@@ -691,8 +691,8 @@ FOOTER;
                         $path = preg_quote(trim(strtr($path, '\\', '/'), '/'));
 
                         // add support for wildcards * and **
-                        $path = str_replace('\\*\\*', '.*?', $path);
-                        $path = str_replace('\\*', '[^/]*?', $path);
+                        $path = str_replace('\\*\\*', '.+?', $path);
+                        $path = str_replace('\\*', '[^/]+?', $path);
 
                         $autoloads[] = empty($installPath) ? preg_quote(strtr(getcwd(), '\\', '/')) . '/' . $path : preg_quote($installPath) . '/' . $path;
                         continue;