diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb
index 073313227786b..e66c21ef8557f 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb
@@ -21,17 +21,13 @@ def initialize(root, cache_control)
     end
 
     def match?(path)
-      path = unescape_path(path)
+      path = URI.parser.unescape(path)
       return false unless path.valid_encoding?
 
-      full_path = path.empty? ? @root : File.join(@root, escape_glob_chars(path))
-      paths = "#{full_path}#{ext}"
+      paths = [path, "#{path}#{ext}", "#{path}/index#{ext}"]
 
-      matches = Dir[paths]
-      match = matches.detect { |m| File.file?(m) }
-      if match
-        match.sub!(@compiled_root, '')
-        ::Rack::Utils.escape(match)
+      if match = paths.detect {|p| File.file?(File.join(@root, p)) }
+        return ::Rack::Utils.escape(match)
       end
     end
 
@@ -57,18 +53,7 @@ def call(env)
 
     private
       def ext
-        @ext ||= begin
-          ext = ::ActionController::Base.default_static_extension
-          "{,#{ext},/index#{ext}}"
-        end
-      end
-
-      def unescape_path(path)
-        URI.parser.unescape(path)
-      end
-
-      def escape_glob_chars(path)
-        path.gsub(/[*?{}\[\]]/, "\\\\\\&")
+        ::ActionController::Base.default_static_extension
       end
 
       def content_type(path)
diff --git a/actionpack/test/dispatch/static_test.rb b/actionpack/test/dispatch/static_test.rb
index 97affc7b21c48..6f7373201caf4 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/dispatch/static_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/dispatch/static_test.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ def test_serves_static_index_file_in_directory
     assert_html "/foo/index.html", get("/foo")
   end
 
+  def test_serves_file_with_same_name_before_index_in_directory
+    assert_html "/bar.html", get("/bar")
+  end
+
   def test_served_static_file_with_non_english_filename
     jruby_skip "Stop skipping if following bug gets fixed: " \
       "http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JRUBY-7192"
diff --git a/actionpack/test/fixtures/public/bar.html b/actionpack/test/fixtures/public/bar.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..67fc57079b71f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actionpack/test/fixtures/public/bar.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/bar.html
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/actionpack/test/fixtures/public/bar/index.html b/actionpack/test/fixtures/public/bar/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d5bb8f898d462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actionpack/test/fixtures/public/bar/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/bar/index.html
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git "a/actionpack/test/fixtures/\345\205\254\345\205\261/bar.html" "b/actionpack/test/fixtures/\345\205\254\345\205\261/bar.html"
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..67fc57079b71f
--- /dev/null
+++ "b/actionpack/test/fixtures/\345\205\254\345\205\261/bar.html"
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/bar.html
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git "a/actionpack/test/fixtures/\345\205\254\345\205\261/bar/index.html" "b/actionpack/test/fixtures/\345\205\254\345\205\261/bar/index.html"
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d5bb8f898d462
--- /dev/null
+++ "b/actionpack/test/fixtures/\345\205\254\345\205\261/bar/index.html"
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/bar/index.html
\ No newline at end of file