diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index 946e8726e..b7635a823 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -7613,7 +7613,9 @@ expandhere(union node *arg, int fd)
 static int
 patmatch(char *pattern, const char *string)
 {
-	return pmatch(preglob(pattern, 0), string);
+	char *p = preglob(pattern, 0);
+	//bb_error_msg("fnmatch(pattern:'%s',str:'%s')", p, string);
+	return pmatch(p, string);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/shell/hush.c b/shell/hush.c
index 30add72f0..7574e3918 100644
--- a/shell/hush.c
+++ b/shell/hush.c
@@ -5969,7 +5969,7 @@ static char *expand_string_to_string(const char *str, int do_unbackslash)
 	return (char*)list;
 }
 
-/* Used for "eval" builtin */
+/* Used for "eval" builtin and case string */
 static char* expand_strvec_to_string(char **argv)
 {
 	char **list;
@@ -8053,6 +8053,7 @@ static int run_list(struct pipe *pi)
 		if (rword == RES_CASE) {
 			debug_printf_exec("CASE cond_code:%d\n", cond_code);
 			case_word = expand_strvec_to_string(pi->cmds->argv);
+			unbackslash(case_word);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (rword == RES_MATCH) {
@@ -8064,9 +8065,10 @@ static int run_list(struct pipe *pi)
 			/* all prev words didn't match, does this one match? */
 			argv = pi->cmds->argv;
 			while (*argv) {
-				char *pattern = expand_string_to_string(*argv, /*unbackslash:*/ 1);
+				char *pattern = expand_string_to_string(*argv, /*unbackslash:*/ 0);
 				/* TODO: which FNM_xxx flags to use? */
 				cond_code = (fnmatch(pattern, case_word, /*flags:*/ 0) != 0);
+				debug_printf_exec("fnmatch(pattern:'%s',str:'%s'):%d\n", pattern, case_word, cond_code);
 				free(pattern);
 				if (cond_code == 0) { /* match! we will execute this branch */
 					free(case_word);
diff --git a/shell/hush_test/hush-quoting/quoted_punct.right b/shell/hush_test/hush-quoting/quoted_punct.right
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab66c3ce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/hush_test/hush-quoting/quoted_punct.right
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
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diff --git a/shell/hush_test/hush-quoting/quoted_punct.tests b/shell/hush_test/hush-quoting/quoted_punct.tests
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..83ee40bf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/hush_test/hush-quoting/quoted_punct.tests
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Testing glob-escaping of every ASCII punctuation char
+# Some chars have more than one test
+# 21..2f
+case '!' in [\!] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG!';; esac
+case '"' in [\"] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG"';; esac
+case '#' in [\#] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG#';; esac
+case '$' in [\$] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG$';; esac
+case '%' in [\%] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG%';; esac
+case '&' in [\&] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG&';; esac
+case "'" in [\'] ) echo ok;; *) echo "WRONG'";; esac
+case '(' in [\(] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG(';; esac
+case ')' in [\)] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG)';; esac
+case '*' in [\*] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG*';; esac
+case '+' in [\+] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG+';; esac
+case ',' in [\,] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG,';; esac
+case '-' in [\-] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG-';; esac
+case '-' in [a\-c]) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONGa\-c';; esac
+case '.' in [\.] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG.';; esac
+case '/' in [\/] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG/';; esac
+# 3a..40
+case ':' in [\:] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG:';; esac
+case ';' in [\;] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG;';; esac
+case '<' in [\<] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG<';; esac
+case '=' in [\=] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG=';; esac
+case '>' in [\>] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG>';; esac
+case '?' in [\?] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG?';; esac
+case '@' in [\@] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG@';; esac
+# 5b..60
+case '[' in [\[] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG[';; esac
+case '\' in [\\] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG\';; esac
+case '\' in \\ ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG\\';; esac
+case ']' in [\]] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG]';; esac
+case ']' in [a\]]) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONGa]';; esac
+case '^' in [\^] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG^';; esac
+case '_' in [\_] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG_';; esac
+case '`' in [\`] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG`';; esac
+# 7b..7e
+case '{' in [\{] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG{';; esac
+case '|' in [\|] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG|';; esac
+case '}' in [\}] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG}';; esac
+case '~' in [\~] ) echo ok;; *) echo 'WRONG~';; esac