diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/glob.js b/lib/internal/fs/glob.js
index c5bbdb9813c0d1..01d331d3f0c39e 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/glob.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/glob.js
@@ -927,13 +927,15 @@ class Glob {
  * @param {string} path the path to check
  * @param {string} pattern the glob pattern to match
  * @param {boolean} windows whether the path is on a Windows system, defaults to `isWindows`
+ * @param {object} [options] the options for the minimatch module
  * @returns {boolean}
  */
-function matchGlobPattern(path, pattern, windows = isWindows) {
+function matchGlobPattern(path, pattern, windows = isWindows, options = kEmptyObject) {
   validateString(path, 'path');
   validateString(pattern, 'pattern');
   return lazyMinimatch().minimatch(path, pattern, {
     kEmptyObject,
+    ...options,
     nocase: isMacOS || isWindows,
     windowsPathsNoEscape: true,
     nonegate: true,
diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/coverage.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/coverage.js
index 8fa9c872568d1e..4b964b7ed50a58 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/coverage.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/coverage.js
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ const kIgnoreRegex = /\/\* node:coverage ignore next (?<count>\d+ )?\*\//;
 const kLineEndingRegex = /\r?\n$/u;
 const kLineSplitRegex = /(?<=\r?\n)/u;
 const kStatusRegex = /\/\* node:coverage (?<status>enable|disable) \*\//;
+const kMatchGlobPatternOptions = { __proto__: null, dot: true };
+
+function matchCoverageGlob(path, pattern) {
+  return matchGlobPattern(path, pattern, undefined, kMatchGlobPatternOptions);
+}
 
 class CoverageLine {
   constructor(line, startOffset, src, length = src?.length) {
@@ -481,8 +486,8 @@ class TestCoverage {
     if (excludeGlobs?.length > 0) {
       for (let i = 0; i < excludeGlobs.length; ++i) {
         if (
-          matchGlobPattern(relativePath, excludeGlobs[i]) ||
-          matchGlobPattern(absolutePath, excludeGlobs[i])
+          matchCoverageGlob(relativePath, excludeGlobs[i]) ||
+          matchCoverageGlob(absolutePath, excludeGlobs[i])
         ) return true;
       }
     }
@@ -491,8 +496,8 @@ class TestCoverage {
     if (includeGlobs?.length > 0) {
       for (let i = 0; i < includeGlobs.length; ++i) {
         if (
-          matchGlobPattern(relativePath, includeGlobs[i]) ||
-          matchGlobPattern(absolutePath, includeGlobs[i])
+          matchCoverageGlob(relativePath, includeGlobs[i]) ||
+          matchCoverageGlob(absolutePath, includeGlobs[i])
         ) return false;
       }
       return true;
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-runner/coverage-default-exclusion/test/.dotfile.cjs b/test/fixtures/test-runner/coverage-default-exclusion/test/.dotfile.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ec0a4c24fffb3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/test-runner/coverage-default-exclusion/test/.dotfile.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const test = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert');
+const { foo } = require('../logic-file.js');
+
+test('foo returns 1 from a dotfile test', () => {
+  assert.strictEqual(foo(), 1);
+});
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-runner-coverage-default-exclusion.mjs b/test/parallel/test-runner-coverage-default-exclusion.mjs
index 44e5f7600d3270..2ef6d81bf1dd9b 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-runner-coverage-default-exclusion.mjs
+++ b/test/parallel/test-runner-coverage-default-exclusion.mjs
@@ -114,4 +114,34 @@ describe('test runner coverage default exclusion', skipIfNoInspector, () => {
     assert(result.stdout.toString().includes(report));
     assert.strictEqual(result.status, 0);
   });
+
+  it('should exclude dotfile test files from coverage by default', async () => {
+    const report = [
+      '# start of coverage report',
+      '# --------------------------------------------------------------',
+      '# file          | line % | branch % | funcs % | uncovered lines',
+      '# --------------------------------------------------------------',
+      '# logic-file.js |  66.67 |   100.00 |   50.00 | 5-7',
+      '# --------------------------------------------------------------',
+      '# all files     |  66.67 |   100.00 |   50.00 | ',
+      '# --------------------------------------------------------------',
+      '# end of coverage report',
+    ].join('\n');
+
+    const args = [
+      '--no-experimental-strip-types',
+      '--test',
+      '--experimental-test-coverage',
+      '--test-reporter=tap',
+      'test/.dotfile.cjs',
+    ];
+    const result = spawnSync(process.execPath, args, {
+      env: { ...process.env, NODE_TEST_TMPDIR: tmpdir.path },
+      cwd: tmpdir.path
+    });
+
+    assert.strictEqual(result.stderr.toString(), '');
+    assert(result.stdout.toString().includes(report));
+    assert.strictEqual(result.status, 0);
+  });
 });