diff --git a/tests/apis/wscript b/tests/apis/wscript
index 91d7998d..57135132 100755
--- a/tests/apis/wscript
+++ b/tests/apis/wscript
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ def test(ctx):
 
 	tt("ant_glob ->", len(bld.srcnode.ant_glob('*.txt', flat=False)), 2)
 	tt("ant_glob (icase) ->", len(bld.srcnode.ant_glob('*.txt', flat=False, ignorecase=True)), 3)
-	tt("ant_glob (special) ->", len(bld.srcnode.ant_glob('e.e+(e).txt', flat=False)), 1)
+	tt("ant_glob (parentheses) ->", len(bld.srcnode.ant_glob('e.e+[(]e[)].txt', flat=False)), 1)
 	#print("ant_glob src ->", bld.srcnode.ant_glob('*.txt'))
 
 	def abspath(self):
diff --git a/waflib/Node.py b/waflib/Node.py
index a94736c8..2ad18466 100644
--- a/waflib/Node.py
+++ b/waflib/Node.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def ant_matcher(s, ignorecase):
 			if k == '**':
 				accu.append(k)
 			else:
-				k = k.replace('.', '[.]').replace('*','.*').replace('?', '.').replace('+', '\\+').replace('(', '\\(').replace(')', '\\)')
+				k = k.replace('.', '[.]').replace('*', '.*').replace('?', '.').replace('+', '\\+')
 				k = '^%s$' % k
 				try:
 					exp = re.compile(k, flags=reflags)
diff --git a/waflib/extras/msvcdeps.py b/waflib/extras/msvcdeps.py
index 54de25d3..873a4193 100644
--- a/waflib/extras/msvcdeps.py
+++ b/waflib/extras/msvcdeps.py
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ def path_to_node(base_node, path, cached_nodes):
 	# normalize the path case to increase likelihood of a cache hit
 	path = os.path.normcase(path)
 
+	# ant_glob interprets [] and () characters, so those must be replaced
+	path = path.replace('[', '?').replace(']', '?').replace('(', '[(]').replace(')', '[)]')
+
 	node_lookup_key = (base_node, path)
 
 	try:
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ def path_to_node(base_node, path, cached_nodes):
 			try:
 				node = cached_nodes[node_lookup_key]
 			except KeyError:
-				node_list = base_node.ant_glob([path], ignorecase=True, remove=False, quiet=True)
+				node_list = base_node.ant_glob([path], ignorecase=True, remove=False, quiet=True, regex=False)
 				node = cached_nodes[node_lookup_key] = node_list[0] if node_list else None
 
 	return node