diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 412e8bc5f..77042d950 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * Fixed handling of repeated spaces in source_directories which resulted in backup up everything.
  * Added support for --one-file-system for Borg.
  * Support borg create --umask.
+ * Added support for file globs in source_directories.
 
 0.1.7
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d29687e1e..1082ff822 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ Here's an example config file:
 ```INI
 [location]
 # Space-separated list of source directories to backup.
-source_directories: /home /etc
-# source_directories_glob: 1
+# Globs are expanded.
+source_directories: /home /etc /var/log/syslog*
 
 # Path to local or remote backup repository.
 repository: user@backupserver:sourcehostname.attic
diff --git a/atticmatic/backends/shared.py b/atticmatic/backends/shared.py
index 65a39dfae..8026540bd 100644
--- a/atticmatic/backends/shared.py
+++ b/atticmatic/backends/shared.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ CONFIG_FORMAT = (
         'location',
         (
             option('source_directories'),
-            option('source_directories_glob', int, required=False),
             option('repository'),
         ),
     ),
@@ -61,16 +60,15 @@ def initialize(storage_config, command):
 
 def create_archive(
     excludes_filename, verbosity, storage_config, source_directories, repository, command,
-    one_file_system=None, source_directories_glob=None
+    one_file_system=None
 ):
     '''
     Given an excludes filename (or None), a vebosity flag, a storage config dict, a space-separated
     list of source directories, a local or remote repository path, and a command to run, create an
     attic archive.
     '''
-    sources = tuple(re.split('\s+', source_directories))
-    if source_directories_glob:
-        sources = tuple(chain.from_iterable([glob(x) for x in sources]))
+    sources = re.split('\s+', source_directories)
+    sources = tuple(chain.from_iterable([glob(x) if glob(x) else [x] for x in sources]))
     exclude_flags = ('--exclude-from', excludes_filename) if excludes_filename else ()
     compression = storage_config.get('compression', None)
     compression_flags = ('--compression', compression) if compression else ()
diff --git a/atticmatic/tests/unit/backends/test_shared.py b/atticmatic/tests/unit/backends/test_shared.py
index 684c6d6f3..20a98f6c1 100644
--- a/atticmatic/tests/unit/backends/test_shared.py
+++ b/atticmatic/tests/unit/backends/test_shared.py
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ def test_create_archive_with_globs():
         source_directories='setup*',
         repository='repo',
         command='attic',
-        source_directories_glob=1,
     )
 
 
diff --git a/sample/config b/sample/config
index c698a91c7..e68137675 100644
--- a/sample/config
+++ b/sample/config
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [location]
 # Space-separated list of source directories to backup.
-source_directories: /home /etc
-# source_directories_glob: 1
+# Globs are expanded.
+source_directories: /home /etc /var/log/syslog*
 
 # For Borg only, you can specify to stay in same file system (do not cross
 # mount points).