diff --git a/posix/glob.c b/posix/glob.c
index c699177..391aa9c 100644
--- a/posix/glob.c
+++ b/posix/glob.c
@@ -128,36 +128,58 @@ readdir_result_type (struct readdir_result d)
 # define GL_READDIR(pglob, stream) ((pglob)->gl_readdir (stream))
 #endif
 
-/* Extract name and type from directory entry.  No copy of the name is
-   made.  If SOURCE is NULL, result name is NULL.  Keep in sync with
-   convert_dirent64 below.  */
-static struct readdir_result
-convert_dirent (const struct dirent *source)
+
+union glob_stat
 {
-  if (source == NULL)
-    {
-      struct readdir_result result = { NULL, };
-      return result;
-    }
-  struct readdir_result result = READDIR_RESULT_INITIALIZER (source);
-  return result;
+  struct stat st;
+  struct_stat64 st64;
+};
+
+static int
+glob_lstat (glob_t *pglob, int flags, const char *fname,
+	    union glob_stat *ust)
+{
+  return (__builtin_expect (flags & GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC, 0)
+	 ? (*pglob->gl_lstat) (fname, &ust->st)
+	 : __lstat64 (fname, &ust->st64));
+}
+
+static void *
+glob_opendir (glob_t *pglob, int flags, const char *directory)
+{
+  return (__builtin_expect (flags & GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC, 0)
+	  ? (*pglob->gl_opendir) (directory)
+	: opendir (directory));
 }
 
-#ifndef COMPILE_GLOB64
-/* Like convert_dirent, but works on struct dirent64 instead.  Keep in
-   sync with convert_dirent above.  */
 static struct readdir_result
-convert_dirent64 (const struct dirent64 *source)
+glob_readdir (glob_t *pglob, int flags, void *stream)
 {
-  if (source == NULL)
+  if (__builtin_expect (flags & GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC, 0))
     {
-      struct readdir_result result = { NULL, };
-      return result;
+      const struct dirent *src = GL_READDIR (pglob, stream);
+      if (src == NULL)
+	return (struct readdir_result) { NULL, };
+      return (struct readdir_result) READDIR_RESULT_INITIALIZER (src);
     }
-  struct readdir_result result = READDIR_RESULT_INITIALIZER (source);
-  return result;
-}
+#ifdef COMPILE_GLOB64
+  const struct dirent *source = __readdir (stream);
+#else
+  const struct dirent64 *source = __readdir64 (stream);
 #endif
+  if (source == NULL)
+    return (struct readdir_result) { NULL, };
+  return (struct readdir_result) READDIR_RESULT_INITIALIZER (source);
+}
+
+static void
+glob_closedir (glob_t *pglob, int flags, void *stream)
+{
+  if (__glibc_unlikely (flags & GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC))
+    (*pglob->gl_closedir) (stream);
+  else
+    closedir (stream);
+}
 
 #ifndef _LIBC
 /* The results of opendir() in this file are not used with dirfd and fchdir,
@@ -271,6 +293,8 @@ glob (const char *pattern, int flags, int (*errfunc) (const char *, int),
   size_t oldcount;
   int meta;
   int dirname_modified;
+  /* Indicate if the directory should be prepended on return values.  */
+  bool dirname_prefix = true;
   int malloc_dirname = 0;
   glob_t dirs;
   int retval = 0;
@@ -494,6 +518,10 @@ glob (const char *pattern, int flags, int (*errfunc) (const char *, int),
       dirname = (char *) "/";
       dirlen = 1;
       ++filename;
+      /* prefix_array adds a separator for each result and DIRNAME is
+	 already '/'.  So we indicate later that we should not prepend
+	 anything for this specific case.  */
+      dirname_prefix = false;
     }
   else
     {
@@ -1085,7 +1113,7 @@ glob (const char *pattern, int flags, int (*errfunc) (const char *, int),
       if (dirlen > 0)
 	{
 	  /* Stick the directory on the front of each name.  */
-	  if (prefix_array (dirname,
+	  if (prefix_array (dirname_prefix ? dirname : "",
 			    &pglob->gl_pathv[old_pathc + pglob->gl_offs],
 			    pglob->gl_pathc - old_pathc))
 	    {
@@ -1166,11 +1194,6 @@ prefix_array (const char *dirname, char **array, size_t n)
   size_t dirlen = strlen (dirname);
   char dirsep_char = '/';
 
-  if (dirlen == 1 && dirname[0] == '/')
-    /* DIRNAME is just "/", so normal prepending would get us "//foo".
-       We want "/foo" instead, so don't prepend any chars from DIRNAME.  */
-    dirlen = 0;
-
 #if defined __MSDOS__ || defined WINDOWS32
   if (dirlen > 1)
     {
@@ -1250,11 +1273,7 @@ glob_in_dir (const char *pattern, const char *directory, int flags,
     }
   else if (meta == GLOBPAT_NONE)
     {
-      union
-      {
-	struct stat st;
-	struct_stat64 st64;
-      } ust;
+      union glob_stat ust;
       size_t patlen = strlen (pattern);
       size_t fullsize;
       bool alloca_fullname
@@ -1273,10 +1292,7 @@ glob_in_dir (const char *pattern, const char *directory, int flags,
       mempcpy (mempcpy (mempcpy (fullname, directory, dirlen),
 			"/", 1),
 	       pattern, patlen + 1);
-      if (((__builtin_expect (flags & GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC, 0)
-	   ? (*pglob->gl_lstat) (fullname, &ust.st)
-	    : __lstat64 (fullname, &ust.st64))
-	   == 0)
+      if (glob_lstat (pglob, flags, fullname, &ust) == 0
 	  || errno == EOVERFLOW)
 	/* We found this file to be existing.  Now tell the rest
 	   of the function to copy this name into the result.  */
@@ -1287,9 +1303,7 @@ glob_in_dir (const char *pattern, const char *directory, int flags,
     }
   else
     {
-      stream = (__builtin_expect (flags & GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC, 0)
-		? (*pglob->gl_opendir) (directory)
-		: opendir (directory));
+      stream = glob_opendir (pglob, flags, directory);
       if (stream == NULL)
 	{
 	  if (errno != ENOTDIR
@@ -1305,19 +1319,7 @@ glob_in_dir (const char *pattern, const char *directory, int flags,
 
 	  while (1)
 	    {
-	      struct readdir_result d;
-	      {
-		if (__builtin_expect (flags & GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC, 0))
-		  d = convert_dirent (GL_READDIR (pglob, stream));
-		else
-		  {
-#ifdef COMPILE_GLOB64
-		    d = convert_dirent (__readdir (stream));
-#else
-		    d = convert_dirent64 (__readdir64 (stream));
-#endif
-		  }
-	      }
+	      struct readdir_result d = glob_readdir (pglob, flags, stream);
 	      if (d.name == NULL)
 		break;
 
@@ -1332,6 +1334,17 @@ glob_in_dir (const char *pattern, const char *directory, int flags,
 
 	      if (fnmatch (pattern, d.name, fnm_flags) == 0)
 		{
+		  /* We need to certify that the link is a directory.  */
+		  if (flags & GLOB_ONLYDIR && readdir_result_type (d) == DT_LNK)
+		    {
+		      void *ss = glob_opendir (pglob, flags, d.name);
+		      if (ss == NULL)
+			{
+			  glob_closedir (pglob, flags, ss);
+			  continue;
+			}
+		    }
+
 		  if (cur == names->count)
 		    {
 		      struct globnames *newnames;
@@ -1452,10 +1465,7 @@ glob_in_dir (const char *pattern, const char *directory, int flags,
   if (stream != NULL)
     {
       save = errno;
-      if (__glibc_unlikely (flags & GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC))
-	(*pglob->gl_closedir) (stream);
-      else
-	closedir (stream);
+      glob_closedir (pglob, flags, stream);
       __set_errno (save);
     }
 
diff --git a/posix/globtest.sh b/posix/globtest.sh
index 73f7ae3..92a8e37 100755
--- a/posix/globtest.sh
+++ b/posix/globtest.sh
@@ -242,6 +242,43 @@ if test $failed -ne 0; then
   result=1
 fi
 
+# Test NOCHECK for specific cases where the pattern used starts
+# with '/' (BZ#10246).
+failed=0
+${test_program_prefix} \
+${common_objpfx}posix/globtest -c "$testdir" "/%" |
+sort > $testout
+cat <<"EOF" | $CMP - $testout >> $logfile || failed=1
+`/%'
+EOF
+if test $failed -ne 0; then
+  echo "No check test failed" >> $logfile
+  result=1
+fi
+
+${test_program_prefix} \
+${common_objpfx}posix/globtest -c "$testdir" "//%" |
+sort > $testout
+cat <<"EOF" | $CMP - $testout >> $logfile || failed=1
+`//%'
+EOF
+if test $failed -ne 0; then
+  echo "No check test failed" >> $logfile
+  result=1
+fi
+
+${test_program_prefix} \
+${common_objpfx}posix/globtest -c "$testdir" "///%" |
+sort > $testout
+cat <<"EOF" | $CMP - $testout >> $logfile || failed=1
+`///%'
+EOF
+if test $failed -ne 0; then
+  echo "No check test failed" >> $logfile
+  result=1
+fi
+
+
 # Test NOMAGIC without magic characters
 failed=0
 ${test_program_prefix} \
diff --git a/posix/tst-glob_symlinks.c b/posix/tst-glob_symlinks.c
index 5c4b4ec..c953204 100644
--- a/posix/tst-glob_symlinks.c
+++ b/posix/tst-glob_symlinks.c
@@ -131,5 +131,11 @@ do_test (void)
   TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (strcmp (gl.gl_pathv[0], dangling_link) == 0);
   globfree (&gl);
 
+  /* glob should not try to match link the dangling directories.  */
+  snprintf (buf, sizeof buf, "/tmp/dangling-symlink-dir-tst-glob*/");
+  fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", buf);
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (glob (buf, 0, NULL, &gl) == GLOB_NOMATCH);
+  globfree (&gl);
+
   return 0;
 }
