diff --git a/src/utils/fs/glob.mts b/src/utils/fs/glob.mts
index 6b937bf84..55a2fefba 100644
--- a/src/utils/fs/glob.mts
+++ b/src/utils/fs/glob.mts
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
-import os from 'node:os'
-import path from 'node:path'
-
 import fastGlob from 'fast-glob'
 import ignore from 'ignore'
 import micromatch from 'micromatch'
+import os from 'node:os'
+import path from 'node:path'
 import { parse as yamlParse } from 'yaml'
 
-import { safeReadFile } from '@socketsecurity/lib/fs'
+import { NODE_MODULES } from '@socketsecurity/lib/constants/paths'
+import { isDirSync, safeReadFile } from '@socketsecurity/lib/fs'
 import { defaultIgnore } from '@socketsecurity/lib/globs'
 import { readPackageJson } from '@socketsecurity/lib/packages'
 import { transform } from '@socketsecurity/lib/streams'
 import { isNonEmptyString } from '@socketsecurity/lib/strings'
-import { NODE_MODULES } from '@socketsecurity/lib/constants/paths'
-
 
 import { PNPM } from '../../constants/agents.mjs'
 
@@ -310,6 +308,13 @@ export function pathsToGlobPatterns(
     // Expand tilde paths.
     const expanded = expandTildePath(p)
     // Convert current directory references to glob patterns.
-    return expanded === '.' || expanded === './' ? '**/*' : expanded
+    if (expanded === '.' || expanded === './') {
+      return '**/*'
+    }
+    // If the path is a directory, scan it recursively for all files.
+    if (isDirSync(expanded)) {
+      return `${expanded}/**/*`
+    }
+    return expanded
   })
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/fs/path-resolve.test.mts b/src/utils/fs/path-resolve.test.mts
index 55cfe292a..cf88c5f99 100644
--- a/src/utils/fs/path-resolve.test.mts
+++ b/src/utils/fs/path-resolve.test.mts
@@ -150,6 +150,27 @@ describe('Path Resolve', () => {
       ])
     })
 
+    it('should handle a directory path input', async () => {
+      const subDirPath = normalizePath(path.join(mockFixturePath, 'subdir'))
+      mockTestFs({
+        [`${mockFixturePath}/package.json`]: '{}',
+        [`${subDirPath}/package.json`]: '{}',
+        [`${subDirPath}/nested/package.json`]: '{}',
+      })
+
+      const actual = await sortedGetPackageFilesFullScans(
+        [subDirPath],
+        globPatterns,
+        {
+          cwd: mockFixturePath,
+        },
+      )
+      expect(actual.map(normalizePath)).toEqual([
+        `${subDirPath}/nested/package.json`,
+        `${subDirPath}/package.json`,
+      ])
+    })
+
     it('should respect ignores from socket config', async () => {
       mockTestFs({
         [`${mockFixturePath}/bar/package-lock.json`]: '{}',