diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs
index f89be8deb4..3eb2d5659a 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ pub fn add_shell_command_context(mut engine_state: EngineState) -> EngineState {
             SplitColumn,
             SplitRow,
             SplitWords,
+            StrEscapeGlob,
             Str,
             StrCapitalize,
             StrContains,
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/escape_glob.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/escape_glob.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2740bcd20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/escape_glob.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+use nu_cmd_base::input_handler::{operate, CmdArgument};
+use nu_engine::CallExt;
+use nu_protocol::ast::Call;
+use nu_protocol::ast::CellPath;
+use nu_protocol::engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack};
+use nu_protocol::Category;
+use nu_protocol::{Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Span, SyntaxShape, Type, Value};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct SubCommand;
+
+struct Arguments {
+    cell_paths: Option<Vec<CellPath>>,
+}
+
+impl CmdArgument for Arguments {
+    fn take_cell_paths(&mut self) -> Option<Vec<CellPath>> {
+        self.cell_paths.take()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Command for SubCommand {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "str escape-glob"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build("str escape-glob")
+            .input_output_types(vec![
+                (Type::String, Type::String),
+                (
+                    Type::List(Box::new(Type::String)),
+                    Type::List(Box::new(Type::String)),
+                ),
+                (Type::Table(vec![]), Type::Table(vec![])),
+                (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
+            ])
+            .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
+            .rest(
+                "rest",
+                SyntaxShape::CellPath,
+                "For a data structure input, turn strings at the given cell paths into substrings.",
+            )
+            .category(Category::Strings)
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Escape glob pattern."
+    }
+
+    fn search_terms(&self) -> Vec<&str> {
+        vec!["pattern", "list", "ls"]
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+        let cell_paths: Vec<CellPath> = call.rest(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
+        let cell_paths = (!cell_paths.is_empty()).then_some(cell_paths);
+        let args = Arguments { cell_paths };
+        operate(action, args, input, call.head, engine_state.ctrlc.clone())
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![Example {
+            description: "escape glob pattern before list",
+            example: r#"let f = 'test[a]'; ls ($f | str escape-glob)"#,
+            result: None,
+        }]
+    }
+}
+
+fn action(input: &Value, _args: &Arguments, head: Span) -> Value {
+    match input {
+        Value::String { val: s, .. } => Value::string(nu_glob::Pattern::escape(s), input.span()),
+        // Propagate errors by explicitly matching them before the final case.
+        Value::Error { .. } => input.clone(),
+        other => Value::error(
+            ShellError::OnlySupportsThisInputType {
+                exp_input_type: "string".into(),
+                wrong_type: other.get_type().to_string(),
+                dst_span: head,
+                src_span: other.span(),
+            },
+            head,
+        ),
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/mod.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/mod.rs
index fb34ace833..c3f989361c 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ mod case;
 mod contains;
 mod distance;
 mod ends_with;
+mod escape_glob;
 mod expand;
 mod index_of;
 mod join;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ pub use case::*;
 pub use contains::SubCommand as StrContains;
 pub use distance::SubCommand as StrDistance;
 pub use ends_with::SubCommand as StrEndswith;
+pub use escape_glob::SubCommand as StrEscapeGlob;
 pub use expand::SubCommand as StrExpand;
 pub use index_of::SubCommand as StrIndexOf;
 pub use join::*;