diff --git a/__tests__/unit/node/contentLoader.test.ts b/__tests__/unit/node/contentLoader.test.ts
index 387a58c83..701d948b8 100644
--- a/__tests__/unit/node/contentLoader.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/unit/node/contentLoader.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { mkdtemp, rm, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { mkdir, mkdtemp, rm, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
 import path from 'node:path'
 
@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@ describe('node/contentLoader', () => {
     ;(global as any).VITEPRESS_CONFIG = siteConfig
   }
 
+  test('excludes drafts with a string globOptions.ignore pattern', async () => {
+    await setup(false)
+    await mkdir(path.join(root!, 'drafts'))
+    await writeFile(path.join(root!, 'drafts/post.md'), '# Unpublished')
+
+    const data = await createContentLoader('**/*.md', {
+      globOptions: { cwd: root, ignore: 'drafts/**' }
+    }).load()
+
+    expect(data.map((page) => page.url)).toEqual(['/', '/other.html'])
+  })
+
   test('rendered internal links get .html when cleanUrls is false', async () => {
     await setup(false)
 
diff --git a/__tests__/unit/node/utils/glob.test.ts b/__tests__/unit/node/utils/glob.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a53514643
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/unit/node/utils/glob.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { mkdir, mkdtemp, rm, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
+import path from 'node:path'
+
+import { glob } from 'node/utils/glob'
+
+describe('node/utils/glob', () => {
+  let root: string
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    root = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), 'vitepress-glob-'))
+    for (const dir of ['drafts', 'dist', 'node_modules']) {
+      await mkdir(path.join(root, dir))
+      await writeFile(path.join(root, dir, 'post.md'), '# Post')
+    }
+    await writeFile(path.join(root, 'published.md'), '# Published')
+  })
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  })
+
+  test.each([{ ignore: 'drafts/**' }, { ignore: ['drafts/**'] }])(
+    'accepts an ignore pattern as $ignore',
+    async ({ ignore }) => {
+      expect(await glob(['**/*.md'], { cwd: root, ignore })).toEqual([
+        'published.md'
+      ])
+    }
+  )
+
+  test('keeps the default exclusions without a custom ignore pattern', async () => {
+    expect(await glob(['**/*.md'], { cwd: root })).toEqual([
+      'drafts/post.md',
+      'published.md'
+    ])
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/node/utils/glob.ts b/src/node/utils/glob.ts
index 47623d6ad..647bf533f 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/glob.ts
+++ b/src/node/utils/glob.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export async function glob(
     await _glob(patterns, {
       expandDirectories: false,
       ...options,
-      ignore: ['**/node_modules/**', '**/dist/**', ...(options?.ignore || [])]
+      ignore: ['**/node_modules/**', '**/dist/**'].concat(options?.ignore || [])
     })
   ).sort()
 }