diff --git a/packages/service-worker/config/src/glob.ts b/packages/service-worker/config/src/glob.ts
index 802189d09e..e886296cd2 100644
--- a/packages/service-worker/config/src/glob.ts
+++ b/packages/service-worker/config/src/glob.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-const WILD_SINGLE = '[^\\/]+';
+const WILD_SINGLE = '[^\\/]*';
 const WILD_OPEN = '(?:.+\\/)?';
 
 const TO_ESCAPE = [
diff --git a/packages/service-worker/config/test/generator_spec.ts b/packages/service-worker/config/test/generator_spec.ts
index 75047119bf..d7252af471 100644
--- a/packages/service-worker/config/test/generator_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/service-worker/config/test/generator_spec.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ import {MockFilesystem} from '../testing/mock';
                patterns: [
                  '\\/absolute\\/.*',
                  '\\/some\\/url\\?with\\+escaped\\+chars',
-                 '\\/test\\/relative\\/[^\\/]+\\.txt',
+                 '\\/test\\/relative\\/[^\\/]*\\.txt',
                ]
              }],
              dataGroups: [{
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ import {MockFilesystem} from '../testing/mock';
                {positive: true, regex: '^\\/included\\/absolute\\/.*$'},
                {positive: false, regex: '^\\/excluded\\/absolute\\/.*$'},
                {positive: true, regex: '^\\/included\\/some\\/url\\?with\\+escaped\\+chars$'},
-               {positive: false, regex: '^\\/test\\/excluded\\/relative\\/[^\\/]+\\.txt$'},
+               {positive: false, regex: '^\\/test\\/excluded\\/relative\\/[^\\/]*\\.txt$'},
                {positive: true, regex: '^http:\\/\\/example\\.com\\/included$'},
                {positive: false, regex: '^http:\\/\\/example\\.com\\/excluded$'},
              ],
@@ -129,8 +129,9 @@ import {MockFilesystem} from '../testing/mock';
              dataGroups: [],
              navigationUrls: [
                {positive: true, regex: '^\\/.*$'},
-               {positive: false, regex: '^\\/(?:.+\\/)?[^\\/]+\\.[^\\/]+$'},
-               {positive: false, regex: '^\\/(?:.+\\/)?[^\\/]+__[^\\/]+\\/.*$'},
+               {positive: false, regex: '^\\/(?:.+\\/)?[^\\/]*\\.[^\\/]*$'},
+               {positive: false, regex: '^\\/(?:.+\\/)?[^\\/]*__[^\\/]*$'},
+               {positive: false, regex: '^\\/(?:.+\\/)?[^\\/]*__[^\\/]*\\/.*$'},
              ],
              hashTable: {}
            });
diff --git a/packages/service-worker/worker/test/happy_spec.ts b/packages/service-worker/worker/test/happy_spec.ts
index 423751be78..87a57c67e7 100644
--- a/packages/service-worker/worker/test/happy_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/service-worker/worker/test/happy_spec.ts
@@ -688,6 +688,12 @@ const manifestUpdateHash = sha1(JSON.stringify(manifestUpdate));
 
         expect(await navRequest('/baz/x__x/qux')).toBeNull();
         server.assertSawRequestFor('/baz/x__x/qux');
+
+        expect(await navRequest('/baz/__')).toBeNull();
+        server.assertSawRequestFor('/baz/__');
+
+        expect(await navRequest('/baz/__/qux')).toBeNull();
+        server.assertSawRequestFor('/baz/__/qux');
       });
 
       describe('(with custom `navigationUrls`)', () => {