diff --git a/selftest/knownfail.d/veto_files b/selftest/knownfail.d/veto_files
deleted file mode 100644
index be28da859b7..00000000000
--- a/selftest/knownfail.d/veto_files
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-^samba3.blackbox.test_veto_files.list.files.fileserver
diff --git a/source3/lib/util.c b/source3/lib/util.c
index 83707b31e38..01ad7f09082 100644
--- a/source3/lib/util.c
+++ b/source3/lib/util.c
@@ -743,6 +743,11 @@ bool is_in_path(const char *name, name_compare_entry *namelist, bool case_sensit
 		return False;
 	}
 
+	/* Do not reject path components if namelist is set to '.*' */
+	if (ISDOT(name) || ISDOTDOT(name)) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	DEBUG(8, ("is_in_path: %s\n", name));
 
 	/* Get the last component of the unix name. */