diff --git a/phpBB/includes/extension/finder.php b/phpBB/includes/extension/finder.php
index e5e5e4983e..23b9f1c658 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/extension/finder.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/extension/finder.php
@@ -375,6 +375,10 @@ class phpbb_extension_finder
 			{
 				$directory_pattern = preg_quote(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . str_replace('/', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $directory) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, '#');
 			}
+			if ($is_dir)
+			{
+				$directory_pattern .= '$';
+			}
 			$directory_pattern = '#' . $directory_pattern . '#';
 
 			$iterator = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($path), RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST);
diff --git a/tests/extension/ext/foo/type/dummy/empty.txt b/tests/extension/ext/foo/type/dummy/empty.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2