diff --git a/cmd/help.go b/cmd/help.go
index 010f65bf9..94f399793 100644
--- a/cmd/help.go
+++ b/cmd/help.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ var helpFlags = &cobra.Command{
 			Root.SetUsageTemplate(docFlagsTemplate)
 		} else {
 			if len(args) > 0 {
-				re, err := filter.GlobStringToRegexp(args[0], false)
+				re, err := filter.GlobStringToRegexp(args[0], false, true)
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Fatalf("Invalid flag filter: %v", err)
 				}
diff --git a/cmd/listremotes/listremotes.go b/cmd/listremotes/listremotes.go
index 416157b11..4f3bf2128 100644
--- a/cmd/listremotes/listremotes.go
+++ b/cmd/listremotes/listremotes.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ according to regular rclone filtering pattern syntax.
 			"description": filterDescription,
 		} {
 			if v != "" {
-				filterRe, err := filter.GlobStringToRegexp(v, false)
+				filterRe, err := filter.GlobStringToRegexp(v, false, true)
 				if err != nil {
 					return fmt.Errorf("invalid %s filter argument: %w", k, err)
 				}
diff --git a/fs/filter/glob.go b/fs/filter/glob.go
index de48da6d7..40c0c56e2 100644
--- a/fs/filter/glob.go
+++ b/fs/filter/glob.go
@@ -17,8 +17,18 @@ func GlobPathToRegexp(glob string, ignoreCase bool) (*regexp.Regexp, error) {
 }
 
 // GlobStringToRegexp converts an rsync style glob string to a regexp
-func GlobStringToRegexp(glob string, ignoreCase bool) (*regexp.Regexp, error) {
-	return globToRegexp(glob, false, true, ignoreCase)
+//
+// Without adding of anchors but with ignoring of case, i.e. called
+// `GlobStringToRegexp(glob, false, true)`, it takes a lenient approach
+// where the glob "sum" would match "CheckSum", more similar to text
+// search functions than strict glob filtering.
+//
+// With adding of anchors and not ignoring case, i.e. called
+// `GlobStringToRegexp(glob, true, false)`, it uses a strict glob
+// interpretation where the previous example would have to be changed to
+// "*Sum" to match "CheckSum".
+func GlobStringToRegexp(glob string, addAnchors bool, ignoreCase bool) (*regexp.Regexp, error) {
+	return globToRegexp(glob, false, addAnchors, ignoreCase)
 }
 
 // globToRegexp converts an rsync style glob to a regexp
diff --git a/fs/filter/glob_test.go b/fs/filter/glob_test.go
index 04a07581d..a20a77775 100644
--- a/fs/filter/glob_test.go
+++ b/fs/filter/glob_test.go
@@ -8,67 +8,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestGlobStringToRegexp(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, test := range []struct {
-		in    string
-		want  string
-		error string
-	}{
-		{``, `^$`, ``},
-		{`potato`, `^potato$`, ``},
-		{`potato,sausage`, `^potato,sausage$`, ``},
-		{`/potato`, `^/potato$`, ``},
-		{`potato?sausage`, `^potato.sausage$`, ``},
-		{`potat[oa]`, `^potat[oa]$`, ``},
-		{`potat[a-z]or`, `^potat[a-z]or$`, ``},
-		{`potat[[:alpha:]]or`, `^potat[[:alpha:]]or$`, ``},
-		{`'.' '+' '(' ')' '|' '^' '$'`, `^'\.' '\+' '\(' '\)' '\|' '\^' '\$'$`, ``},
-		{`*.jpg`, `^.*\.jpg$`, ``},
-		{`a{b,c,d}e`, `^a(b|c|d)e$`, ``},
-		{`potato**`, ``, `too many stars`},
-		{`potato**sausage`, ``, `too many stars`},
-		{`*.p[lm]`, `^.*\.p[lm]$`, ``},
-		{`[\[\]]`, `^[\[\]]$`, ``},
-		{`***potato`, ``, `too many stars`},
-		{`***`, ``, `too many stars`},
-		{`ab]c`, ``, `mismatched ']'`},
-		{`ab[c`, ``, `mismatched '[' and ']'`},
-		{`ab{x{cd`, ``, `can't nest`},
-		{`ab{}}cd`, ``, `mismatched '{' and '}'`},
-		{`ab}c`, ``, `mismatched '{' and '}'`},
-		{`ab{c`, ``, `mismatched '{' and '}'`},
-		{`*.{jpg,png,gif}`, `^.*\.(jpg|png|gif)$`, ``},
-		{`[a--b]`, ``, `bad glob pattern`},
-		{`a\*b`, `^a\*b$`, ``},
-		{`a\\b`, `^a\\b$`, ``},
-		{`a{{.*}}b`, `^a(.*)b$`, ``},
-		{`a{{.*}`, ``, `mismatched '{{' and '}}'`},
-		{`{{regexp}}`, `^(regexp)$`, ``},
-		{`\{{{regexp}}`, `^\{(regexp)$`, ``},
-		{`/{{regexp}}`, `^/(regexp)$`, ``},
-		{`/{{\d{8}}}`, `^/(\d{8})$`, ``},
-		{`/{{\}}}`, `^/(\})$`, ``},
-		{`{{(?i)regexp}}`, `^((?i)regexp)$`, ``},
-	} {
-		for _, ignoreCase := range []bool{false, true} {
-			gotRe, err := GlobStringToRegexp(test.in, ignoreCase)
-			if test.error == "" {
-				require.NoError(t, err, test.in)
-				prefix := ""
-				if ignoreCase {
-					prefix = "(?i)"
-				}
-				got := gotRe.String()
-				assert.Equal(t, prefix+test.want, got, test.in)
-			} else {
-				require.Error(t, err, test.in)
-				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), test.error, test.in)
-				assert.Nil(t, gotRe)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestGlobStringToRegexpWithoutAnchors(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, test := range []struct {
 		in    string
 		want  string
@@ -111,19 +50,26 @@ func TestGlobStringToRegexpWithoutAnchors(t *testing.T) {
 		{`{{(?i)regexp}}`, `((?i)regexp)`, ``},
 	} {
 		for _, ignoreCase := range []bool{false, true} {
-			gotRe, err := globToRegexp(test.in, false, false, ignoreCase)
-			if test.error == "" {
-				require.NoError(t, err, test.in)
-				prefix := ""
-				if ignoreCase {
-					prefix = "(?i)"
+			for _, addAnchors := range []bool{false, true} {
+				gotRe, err := GlobStringToRegexp(test.in, addAnchors, ignoreCase)
+				if test.error == "" {
+					require.NoError(t, err, test.in)
+					prefix := ""
+					suffix := ""
+					if ignoreCase {
+						prefix += "(?i)"
+					}
+					if addAnchors {
+						prefix += "^"
+						suffix += "$"
+					}
+					got := gotRe.String()
+					assert.Equal(t, prefix+test.want+suffix, got, test.in)
+				} else {
+					require.Error(t, err, test.in)
+					assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), test.error, test.in)
+					assert.Nil(t, gotRe)
 				}
-				got := gotRe.String()
-				assert.Equal(t, prefix+test.want, got, test.in)
-			} else {
-				require.Error(t, err, test.in)
-				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), test.error, test.in)
-				assert.Nil(t, gotRe)
 			}
 		}
 	}