diff --git a/src/DotNet.Glob/GlobStringReader.cs b/src/DotNet.Glob/GlobStringReader.cs
index a5db014..d23de3b 100644
--- a/src/DotNet.Glob/GlobStringReader.cs
+++ b/src/DotNet.Glob/GlobStringReader.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public class GlobStringReader : StringReader
         //public const char HashChar = '#';
 
 
-        public static char[] AllowedNonAlphaNumericChars = new[] { '.', ' ', '!', '#', '-', ';', '=', '@' };
+        public static char[] AllowedNonAlphaNumericChars = new[] { '.', ' ', '!', '#', '-', ';', '=', '@', '~' };
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The current delimiters