diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
index 4b461a5d4a2949..3f4d2c16f2eb2b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
@@ -1004,9 +1004,7 @@ call fails (for example because the path doesn't exist).
    .. seealso::
       :ref:`pathlib-pattern-language` documentation.
 
-   This method calls :meth:`Path.is_dir` on the top-level directory and
-   propagates any :exc:`OSError` exception that is raised. Subsequent
-   :exc:`OSError` exceptions from scanning directories are suppressed.
+   This method suppresses :exc:`OSError` exceptions.
 
    By default, or when the *case_sensitive* keyword-only argument is set to
    ``None``, this method matches paths using platform-specific casing rules:
diff --git a/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py b/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py
index 44fea525b6cac7..599229c3bb2f05 100644
--- a/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py
+++ b/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ def _ignore_error(exception):
             getattr(exception, 'winerror', None) in _IGNORED_WINERRORS)
 
 
+def _is_wildcard_pattern(pat):
+    """Whether this pattern needs actual matching using fnmatch, or can be
+    looked up directly as a file."""
+    return "*" in pat or "?" in pat or "[" in pat
+
+
 @functools.cache
 def _is_case_sensitive(pathmod):
     return pathmod.normcase('Aa') == 'Aa'
@@ -60,16 +66,47 @@ def _compile_pattern(pat, sep, case_sensitive, recursive=True):
     return re.compile(regex, flags=flags).match
 
 
-def _select_special(paths, part):
-    """Yield special literal children of the given paths."""
+def _select_literal(paths, part):
+    """Yield literal children of the given paths."""
     for path in paths:
         yield path._make_child_relpath(part)
 
 
+def _select_directories(paths):
+    """Yield the given paths, filtering out non-directories."""
+    for path in paths:
+        try:
+            if path.is_dir():
+                yield path
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+
+
+def _deselect_missing(paths):
+    """Yield the given paths, filtering out missing files."""
+    for path in paths:
+        try:
+            path.stat(follow_symlinks=False)
+            yield path
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+
+
+def _deselect_symlinks(paths, dir_only, follow_symlinks):
+    """Yield the given paths, filtering out symlinks."""
+    for path in paths:
+        if follow_symlinks or not dir_only:
+            yield path
+        else:
+            try:
+                if not path.is_symlink():
+                    yield path
+            except OSError:
+                pass
+
+
 def _select_children(parent_paths, dir_only, follow_symlinks, match):
     """Yield direct children of given paths, filtering by name and type."""
-    if follow_symlinks is None:
-        follow_symlinks = True
     for parent_path in parent_paths:
         try:
             # We must close the scandir() object before proceeding to
@@ -96,8 +133,6 @@ def _select_recursive(parent_paths, dir_only, follow_symlinks, match):
     """Yield given paths and all their children, recursively, filtering by
     string and type.
     """
-    if follow_symlinks is None:
-        follow_symlinks = False
     for parent_path in parent_paths:
         if match is not None:
             # If we're filtering paths through a regex, record the length of
@@ -799,16 +834,33 @@ def glob(self, pattern, *, case_sensitive=None, follow_symlinks=None):
             # TODO: evaluate case-sensitivity of each directory in _select_children().
             case_sensitive = _is_case_sensitive(self.pathmod)
 
+            # User doesn't care about case sensitivity, so for non-wildcard
+            # patterns like "foo/bar" we can stat() once rather than scandir()
+            # twice. Returned paths may not match real filesystem case.
+            case_preserving = False
+        else:
+            # Explicit case sensitivity choice provided. We must use scandir()
+            # to retrieve and match filenames with real filesystem case.
+            case_preserving = True
+
+        if follow_symlinks is None:
+            # Legacy behaviour: follow symlinks unless we're expanding '**'.
+            follow_symlinks = True
+            follow_symlinks_recursive = False
+        else:
+            follow_symlinks_recursive = follow_symlinks
+
         stack = pattern._pattern_stack
         specials = ('', '.', '..')
+        check_paths = True
         deduplicate_paths = False
         sep = self.pathmod.sep
-        paths = iter([self] if self.is_dir() else [])
+        paths = iter([self])
         while stack:
             part = stack.pop()
             if part in specials:
                 # Join special component (e.g. '..') onto paths.
-                paths = _select_special(paths, part)
+                paths = _select_literal(paths, part)
 
             elif part == '**':
                 # Consume following '**' components, which have no effect.
@@ -818,7 +870,7 @@ def glob(self, pattern, *, case_sensitive=None, follow_symlinks=None):
                 # Consume following non-special components, provided we're
                 # treating symlinks consistently. Each component is joined
                 # onto 'part', which is used to generate an re.Pattern object.
-                if follow_symlinks is not None:
+                if follow_symlinks == follow_symlinks_recursive:
                     while stack and stack[-1] not in specials:
                         part += sep + stack.pop()
 
@@ -826,8 +878,13 @@ def glob(self, pattern, *, case_sensitive=None, follow_symlinks=None):
                 # re.Pattern object based on those components.
                 match = _compile_pattern(part, sep, case_sensitive) if part != '**' else None
 
+                # Ensure directories exist.
+                if check_paths:
+                    paths = _select_directories(paths)
+                    check_paths = False
+
                 # Recursively walk directories, filtering by type and regex.
-                paths = _select_recursive(paths, bool(stack), follow_symlinks, match)
+                paths = _select_recursive(paths, bool(stack), follow_symlinks_recursive, match)
 
                 # De-duplicate if we've already seen a '**' component.
                 if deduplicate_paths:
@@ -837,13 +894,31 @@ def glob(self, pattern, *, case_sensitive=None, follow_symlinks=None):
             elif '**' in part:
                 raise ValueError("Invalid pattern: '**' can only be an entire path component")
 
-            else:
+            elif case_preserving or _is_wildcard_pattern(part):
                 # If the pattern component isn't '*', compile an re.Pattern
                 # object based on the component.
                 match = _compile_pattern(part, sep, case_sensitive) if part != '*' else None
 
                 # Iterate over directories' children filtering by type and regex.
                 paths = _select_children(paths, bool(stack), follow_symlinks, match)
+
+                # Paths are known to exist: they're directory children from _scandir()
+                check_paths = False
+
+            else:
+                # Join non-wildcard component onto paths.
+                paths = _select_literal(paths, part)
+
+                # Filter out non-symlinks if requested.
+                paths = _deselect_symlinks(paths, bool(stack), follow_symlinks)
+
+                # Paths might not exist; mark them to be checked.
+                check_paths = True
+
+        if check_paths:
+            # Filter out paths that don't exist.
+            paths = _deselect_missing(paths)
+
         return paths
 
     def rglob(self, pattern, *, case_sensitive=None, follow_symlinks=None):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib_abc.py b/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib_abc.py
index 5bfb76f85c7909..8b0a1ed2baba38 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib_abc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib_abc.py
@@ -1431,10 +1431,10 @@ def __repr__(self):
         return "{}({!r})".format(self.__class__.__name__, self.as_posix())
 
     def stat(self, *, follow_symlinks=True):
-        if follow_symlinks:
-            path = str(self.resolve())
+        if follow_symlinks or not self.name or self.name == '.' or self.name == '..':
+            path = str(self.resolve(strict=True))
         else:
-            path = str(self.parent.resolve() / self.name)
+            path = str(self.parent.resolve(strict=True) / self.name)
         if path in self._files:
             st_mode = stat.S_IFREG
         elif path in self._directories:
@@ -1752,10 +1752,10 @@ def test_glob_posix(self):
     def test_glob_windows(self):
         P = self.cls
         p = P(self.base)
-        self.assertEqual(set(p.glob("FILEa")), { P(self.base, "fileA") })
+        self.assertEqual(set(p.glob("FILEa")), { P(self.base, "FILEa") })
         self.assertEqual(set(p.glob("*a\\")), { P(self.base, "dirA/") })
         self.assertEqual(set(p.glob("F*a")), { P(self.base, "fileA") })
-        self.assertEqual(set(map(str, p.glob("FILEa"))), {f"{p}\\fileA"})
+        self.assertEqual(set(map(str, p.glob("FILEa"))), {f"{p}\\FILEa"})
         self.assertEqual(set(map(str, p.glob("F*a"))), {f"{p}\\fileA"})
 
     def test_glob_empty_pattern(self):
@@ -1843,6 +1843,11 @@ def _check(path, glob, expected):
         _check(p, "dir*/*/../dirD/**/", ["dirC/dirD/../dirD/"])
         _check(p, "*/dirD/**", ["dirC/dirD/", "dirC/dirD/fileD"])
         _check(p, "*/dirD/**/", ["dirC/dirD/"])
+        _check(p, "linkA", ["linkA"])
+        _check(p, "linkB", ["linkB"])
+        _check(p, "linkB/fileB", [])
+        _check(p, "dirA/linkC", ["dirA/linkC"])
+        _check(p, "dirA/linkC/fileB", [])
 
     def test_rglob_common(self):
         def _check(glob, expected):
@@ -1903,9 +1908,9 @@ def test_rglob_posix(self):
     def test_rglob_windows(self):
         P = self.cls
         p = P(self.base, "dirC")
-        self.assertEqual(set(p.rglob("FILEd")), { P(self.base, "dirC/dirD/fileD") })
+        self.assertEqual(set(p.rglob("FILEd")), { P(self.base, "dirC/dirD/FILEd") })
         self.assertEqual(set(p.rglob("*\\")), { P(self.base, "dirC/dirD/") })
-        self.assertEqual(set(map(str, p.rglob("FILEd"))), {f"{p}\\dirD\\fileD"})
+        self.assertEqual(set(map(str, p.rglob("FILEd"))), {f"{p}\\dirD\\FILEd"})
 
     @needs_symlinks
     def test_rglob_follow_symlinks_common(self):
@@ -1993,9 +1998,22 @@ def test_glob_dotdot(self):
         self.assertEqual(set(p.glob("dirA/../file*")), { P(self.base, "dirA/../fileA") })
         self.assertEqual(set(p.glob("dirA/../file*/..")), set())
         self.assertEqual(set(p.glob("../xyzzy")), set())
-        self.assertEqual(set(p.glob("xyzzy/..")), set())
         self.assertEqual(set(p.glob("/".join([".."] * 50))), { P(self.base, *[".."] * 50)})
 
+    @needs_posix
+    def test_glob_dotdot_posix(self):
+        P = self.cls
+        p = P(self.base)
+        self.assertEqual(set(p.glob("xyzzy/..")), set())
+
+    @needs_windows
+    def test_glob_dotdot_windows(self):
+        # '..' segments are resolved first on Windows, so
+        # 'xyzzy' doesn't need to exist.
+        P = self.cls
+        p = P(self.base)
+        self.assertEqual(set(p.glob("xyzzy/..")), { P(self.base, "xyzzy", "..") })
+
     @needs_symlinks
     def test_glob_permissions(self):
         # See bpo-38894
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-29-20-42-48.gh-issue-115060.fofNVf.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-29-20-42-48.gh-issue-115060.fofNVf.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6e612cb0d0ed2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-29-20-42-48.gh-issue-115060.fofNVf.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Speed up handling of non-wildcard pattern segments in
+:meth:`pathlib.Path.glob`.