diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-## next
+## Changes in 0.25.0
+  - Keep non-existing literal files on glob expansion (see #101)
+
+## Changes in 0.24.0
   - Add support for `verbatim` Cabal escape hatch
   - Allow `version` be a numbers
   - Ignore fields that start with an underscore everywhere, not just globally
diff --git a/hpack.cabal b/hpack.cabal
--- a/hpack.cabal
+++ b/hpack.cabal
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
--- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.23.0.
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.24.0.
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: 0260680387a428cfeb1d8d836b9a16adc24a270dd054e78b49d6b13693dcadcd
+-- hash: bdc3b02a4c50d7839928d668388a26aa10ba6b493748bcfc2eb9cabd61cc016d
 
 name:           hpack
-version:        0.24.0
+version:        0.25.0
 synopsis:       An alternative format for Haskell packages
 description:    See README at <https://github.com/sol/hpack#readme>
 category:       Development
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   ghc-options: -Wall
   build-depends:
       Cabal
-    , Glob
+    , Glob >=0.9.0
     , aeson >=1.0.0
     , base >=4.8 && <5
     , bifunctors
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
   ghc-options: -Wall
   build-depends:
       Cabal
-    , Glob
+    , Glob >=0.9.0
     , aeson >=1.0.0
     , base >=4.8 && <5
     , bifunctors
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
   cpp-options: -DTEST
   build-depends:
       Cabal
-    , Glob
+    , Glob >=0.9.0
     , HUnit
     , QuickCheck
     , aeson >=1.0.0
diff --git a/src/Hpack/Util.hs b/src/Hpack/Util.hs
--- a/src/Hpack/Util.hs
+++ b/src/Hpack/Util.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 module Hpack.Util (
   GhcOption
 , GhcProfOption
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@
 import           Control.Exception
 import           Control.Monad
 import           Data.Char
+import           Data.Bifunctor
 import           Data.List hiding (sort)
 import           Data.Ord
 import           System.IO.Error
@@ -100,23 +100,40 @@
 toPosixFilePath :: FilePath -> FilePath
 toPosixFilePath = Posix.joinPath . splitDirectories
 
+data GlobResult = GlobResult {
+  _globResultPattern :: String
+, _globResultCompiledPattern :: Pattern
+, _globResultFiles :: [FilePath]
+}
+
 expandGlobs :: String -> FilePath -> [String] -> IO ([String], [FilePath])
 expandGlobs name dir patterns = do
-  files <- globDir_ compiledPatterns dir >>= mapM removeDirectories
-  let warnings = [warn pattern | ([], pattern) <- zip files patterns]
-  return (warnings, combineResults files)
+  files <- globDir compiledPatterns dir >>= mapM removeDirectories
+  let
+    results :: [GlobResult]
+    results = map (uncurry $ uncurry GlobResult) $ zip (zip patterns compiledPatterns) files
+  return (combineResults results)
   where
-    globDir_ :: [Pattern] -> FilePath -> IO [[FilePath]]
-#if MIN_VERSION_Glob(0,9,0)
-    globDir_ = globDir
-#else
-    globDir_ xs = fmap fst . globDir xs
-#endif
-    combineResults :: [[FilePath]] -> [FilePath]
-    combineResults = nub . sort . map (toPosixFilePath . makeRelative dir) . concat
+    combineResults :: [GlobResult] -> ([String], [FilePath])
+    combineResults = bimap concat (nub . sort . concat) . unzip . map fromResult
 
-    warn :: String -> String
-    warn pattern = "Specified pattern " ++ show pattern ++ " for " ++ name ++ " does not match any files"
+    fromResult :: GlobResult -> ([String], [FilePath])
+    fromResult (GlobResult pattern compiledPattern files) = case files of
+      [] -> (warning, literalFile)
+      xs -> ([], map normalize xs)
+      where
+        warning = [warn pattern compiledPattern]
+        literalFile
+          | isLiteral compiledPattern = [pattern]
+          | otherwise = []
+
+    normalize :: FilePath -> FilePath
+    normalize = toPosixFilePath . makeRelative dir
+
+    warn :: String -> Pattern -> String
+    warn pattern compiledPattern
+      | isLiteral compiledPattern = "Specified file " ++ show pattern ++ " for " ++ name ++ " does not exist"
+      | otherwise = "Specified pattern " ++ show pattern ++ " for " ++ name ++ " does not match any files"
 
     compiledPatterns :: [Pattern]
     compiledPatterns = map (compileWith options) patterns
diff --git a/test/Hpack/UtilSpec.hs b/test/Hpack/UtilSpec.hs
--- a/test/Hpack/UtilSpec.hs
+++ b/test/Hpack/UtilSpec.hs
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@
 
   describe "expandGlobs" $ around withTempDirectory $ do
     it "accepts simple files" $ \dir -> do
-        touch (dir </> "foo.js")
-        expandGlobs "field-name" dir ["foo.js"] `shouldReturn` ([], ["foo.js"])
+      touch (dir </> "foo.js")
+      expandGlobs "field-name" dir ["foo.js"] `shouldReturn` ([], ["foo.js"])
 
     it "removes duplicates" $ \dir -> do
       touch (dir </> "foo.js")
@@ -128,11 +128,15 @@
 
     context "when a pattern does not match anything" $ do
       it "warns" $ \dir -> do
-        expandGlobs "field-name" dir ["foo"] `shouldReturn`
-          (["Specified pattern \"foo\" for field-name does not match any files"], [])
+        expandGlobs "field-name" dir ["*.foo"] `shouldReturn`
+          (["Specified pattern \"*.foo\" for field-name does not match any files"], [])
 
     context "when a pattern only matches a directory" $ do
       it "warns" $ \dir -> do
         createDirectory (dir </> "foo")
-        expandGlobs "field-name" dir ["foo"] `shouldReturn`
-          (["Specified pattern \"foo\" for field-name does not match any files"], [])
+        expandGlobs "field-name" dir ["fo?"] `shouldReturn`
+          (["Specified pattern \"fo?\" for field-name does not match any files"], [])
+
+    context "when a literal file does not exist" $ do
+      it "warns and keeps the file" $ \dir -> do
+        expandGlobs "field-name" dir ["foo.js"] `shouldReturn` (["Specified file \"foo.js\" for field-name does not exist"], ["foo.js"])