diff --git a/packages/cli/src/api/catalog/getCatalogs.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/api/catalog/getCatalogs.test.ts
index b555af5e4..9e3ba52b7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/api/catalog/getCatalogs.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/api/catalog/getCatalogs.test.ts
@@ -425,4 +425,24 @@ describe("getCatalogForFile", () => {
       catalog,
     })
   })
+
+  it("should allow brackets in path names", async () => {
+    const catalog = new Catalog(
+      {
+        name: null,
+        path: "./src/locales/[...asd]/{locale}",
+        include: ["./src/"],
+        format,
+      },
+      mockConfig({ format: "po", rootDir: "." })
+    )
+    const catalogs = [catalog]
+
+    expect(getCatalogForFile("./src/locales/[...asd]/en.po", catalogs)).toEqual(
+      {
+        locale: "en",
+        catalog,
+      }
+    )
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/api/catalog/getCatalogs.ts b/packages/cli/src/api/catalog/getCatalogs.ts
index b92672ba8..646664ed0 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/api/catalog/getCatalogs.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/api/catalog/getCatalogs.ts
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ export function getCatalogForFile(file: string, catalogs: Catalog[]) {
     )
       .replace("(", "\\(")
       .replace(")", "\\)")
+      .replace("[", "\\[")
+      .replace("]", "\\]")
 
     const match = micromatch.capture(matchPattern, normalizeRelativePath(file))
     if (match) {