diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/components/io/fileselectors/IncludeExcludeFileSelector.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/components/io/fileselectors/IncludeExcludeFileSelector.java
index 9f7af5f6..d59bdb28 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/components/io/fileselectors/IncludeExcludeFileSelector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/components/io/fileselectors/IncludeExcludeFileSelector.java
@@ -93,12 +93,20 @@ public void setIncludes(@Nullable String[] includes) {
     }
 
     private static @Nonnull String getCanonicalName(@Nonnull String pName) {
-        return pName.replace('/', File.separatorChar).replace('\\', File.separatorChar);
+        return getCanonicalName(pName, File.separatorChar);
     }
 
-    private String asPattern(@Nonnull String pPattern) {
-        String pattern = getCanonicalName(pPattern.trim());
-        if (pattern.endsWith(File.separator)) {
+    private static @Nonnull String getCanonicalName(@Nonnull String pName, char separatorChar) {
+        return pName.replace('/', separatorChar).replace('\\', separatorChar);
+    }
+
+    private static String asPattern(@Nonnull String pPattern) {
+        return asPattern(pPattern, File.separatorChar);
+    }
+
+    private static String asPattern(@Nonnull String pPattern, char separatorChar) {
+        String pattern = getCanonicalName(pPattern.trim(), separatorChar);
+        if (pattern.endsWith(String.valueOf(separatorChar))) {
             pattern += "**";
         }
         return pattern;
@@ -132,19 +140,25 @@ private String asPattern(@Nonnull String pPattern) {
     public void setExcludes(@Nullable String[] excludes) {
         this.excludes = excludes;
         final String[] defaultExcludes = useDefaultExcludes ? FileUtils.getDefaultExcludes() : new String[] {};
-        if (excludes == null) {
-            computedExcludes = MatchPatterns.from(defaultExcludes);
-        } else {
-            String[] temp = new String[excludes.length + defaultExcludes.length];
-            for (int i = 0; i < excludes.length; i++) {
-                temp[i] = asPattern(excludes[i]);
-            }
+        computedExcludes = MatchPatterns.from(asExcludePatterns(excludes, defaultExcludes, File.separatorChar));
+    }
 
-            if (defaultExcludes.length > 0) {
-                System.arraycopy(defaultExcludes, 0, temp, excludes.length, defaultExcludes.length);
-            }
-            computedExcludes = MatchPatterns.from(temp);
+    /**
+     * Converts the user's exclude patterns and the default excludes into patterns
+     * that use the given separator, the same separator {@link #isSelected(FileInfo)}
+     * uses for the names it matches.
+     */
+    static String[] asExcludePatterns(
+            @Nullable String[] excludes, @Nonnull String[] defaultExcludes, char separatorChar) {
+        final int count = excludes == null ? 0 : excludes.length;
+        final String[] patterns = new String[count + defaultExcludes.length];
+        for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+            patterns[i] = asPattern(excludes[i], separatorChar);
+        }
+        for (int i = 0; i < defaultExcludes.length; i++) {
+            patterns[count + i] = asPattern(defaultExcludes[i], separatorChar);
         }
+        return patterns;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/components/io/fileselectors/IncludeExcludeFileSelectorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/components/io/fileselectors/IncludeExcludeFileSelectorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c9e1229
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/components/io/fileselectors/IncludeExcludeFileSelectorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package org.codehaus.plexus.components.io.fileselectors;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URL;
+
+import org.codehaus.plexus.components.io.resources.AbstractPlexusIoResource;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertArrayEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+class IncludeExcludeFileSelectorTest {
+
+    /**
+     * {@link IncludeExcludeFileSelector#isSelected} matches names that use the platform separator,
+     * so every exclude pattern, including the default excludes, must use it too. Using a backslash
+     * here reproduces the Windows behaviour on any platform.
+     */
+    @Test
+    void excludePatternsUseTheGivenSeparator() {
+        String[] patterns = IncludeExcludeFileSelector.asExcludePatterns(
+                new String[] {"bar/*", "foo/"}, new String[] {"**/.svn/**", "**/.git"}, '\\');
+
+        assertArrayEquals(new String[] {"bar\\*", "foo\\**", "**\\.svn\\**", "**\\.git"}, patterns);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void defaultExcludesUseTheGivenSeparator() {
+        String[] patterns = IncludeExcludeFileSelector.asExcludePatterns(null, FileUtils.getDefaultExcludes(), '\\');
+
+        for (String pattern : patterns) {
+            assertFalse(pattern.contains("/"), pattern);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void defaultExcludesApplyWithAndWithoutExcludes() {
+        IncludeExcludeFileSelector selector = new IncludeExcludeFileSelector();
+
+        selector.setExcludes(null);
+        assertFalse(selector.isSelected(resource(".svn/entries")));
+        assertFalse(selector.isSelected(resource("foo/.git/config")));
+        assertTrue(selector.isSelected(resource("foo/bar.txt")));
+
+        selector.setExcludes(new String[] {"**/*.gif"});
+        assertFalse(selector.isSelected(resource(".svn/entries")));
+        assertFalse(selector.isSelected(resource("foo/x.gif")));
+        assertTrue(selector.isSelected(resource("foo/bar.txt")));
+
+        selector.setUseDefaultExcludes(false);
+        assertTrue(selector.isSelected(resource(".svn/entries")));
+        assertFalse(selector.isSelected(resource("foo/x.gif")));
+    }
+
+    private static AbstractPlexusIoResource resource(String name) {
+        return new AbstractPlexusIoResource(name, 0, 0, true, false, true) {
+            @Nonnull
+            public InputStream getContents() {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("Not implemented");
+            }
+
+            public URL getURL() {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("Not implemented");
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}