diff --git a/Lib/packaging/manifest.py b/Lib/packaging/manifest.py
index 9826d29a1e7..40e733013a4 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/manifest.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/manifest.py
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ def _include_pattern(self, pattern, anchor=True, prefix=None,
 
         Return True if files are found.
         """
+        # XXX docstring lying about what the special chars are?
         files_found = False
         pattern_re = _translate_pattern(pattern, anchor, prefix, is_regex)
 
@@ -335,11 +336,14 @@ def _glob_to_re(pattern):
     # IMHO is wrong -- '?' and '*' aren't supposed to match slash in Unix,
     # and by extension they shouldn't match such "special characters" under
     # any OS.  So change all non-escaped dots in the RE to match any
-    # character except the special characters.
-    # XXX currently the "special characters" are just slash -- i.e. this is
-    # Unix-only.
-    pattern_re = re.sub(r'((?<!\\)(\\\\)*)\.', r'\1[^/]', pattern_re)
-
+    # character except the special characters (currently: just os.sep).
+    sep = os.sep
+    if os.sep == '\\':
+        # we're using a regex to manipulate a regex, so we need
+        # to escape the backslash twice
+        sep = r'\\\\'
+    escaped = r'\1[^%s]' % sep
+    pattern_re = re.sub(r'((?<!\\)(\\\\)*)\.', escaped, pattern_re)
     return pattern_re
 
 
@@ -366,8 +370,10 @@ def _translate_pattern(pattern, anchor=True, prefix=None, is_regex=False):
         # ditch end of pattern character
         empty_pattern = _glob_to_re('')
         prefix_re = _glob_to_re(prefix)[:-len(empty_pattern)]
-        # paths should always use / in manifest templates
-        pattern_re = "^%s/.*%s" % (prefix_re, pattern_re)
+        sep = os.sep
+        if os.sep == '\\':
+            sep = r'\\'
+        pattern_re = "^" + sep.join((prefix_re, ".*" + pattern_re))
     else:                               # no prefix -- respect anchor flag
         if anchor:
             pattern_re = "^" + pattern_re
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/tests/test_manifest.py b/Lib/packaging/tests/test_manifest.py
index f768c473446..7aa59c165b7 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/tests/test_manifest.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/tests/test_manifest.py
@@ -7,7 +7,22 @@
 
 from packaging.tests import unittest, support
 
-_MANIFEST = """\
+MANIFEST_IN = """\
+include ok
+include xo
+exclude xo
+include foo.tmp
+include buildout.cfg
+global-include *.x
+global-include *.txt
+global-exclude *.tmp
+recursive-include f *.oo
+recursive-exclude global *.x
+graft dir
+prune dir3
+"""
+
+MANIFEST_IN_2 = """\
 recursive-include foo *.py   # ok
 # nothing here
 
@@ -17,12 +32,17 @@
   *.dat   *.txt
 """
 
-_MANIFEST2 = """\
+MANIFEST_IN_3 = """\
 README
 file1
 """
 
 
+def make_local_path(s):
+    """Converts '/' in a string to os.sep"""
+    return s.replace('/', os.sep)
+
+
 class ManifestTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
                        support.LoggingCatcher,
                        unittest.TestCase):
@@ -37,7 +57,7 @@ def test_manifest_reader(self):
         tmpdir = self.mkdtemp()
         MANIFEST = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'MANIFEST.in')
         with open(MANIFEST, 'w') as f:
-            f.write(_MANIFEST)
+            f.write(MANIFEST_IN_2)
 
         manifest = Manifest()
         manifest.read_template(MANIFEST)
@@ -63,27 +83,74 @@ def test_default_actions(self):
         os.chdir(tmpdir)
         self.write_file('README', 'xxx')
         self.write_file('file1', 'xxx')
-        content = StringIO(_MANIFEST2)
+        content = StringIO(MANIFEST_IN_3)
         manifest = Manifest()
         manifest.read_template(content)
         self.assertEqual(['README', 'file1'], manifest.files)
 
     def test_glob_to_re(self):
-        # simple cases
-        self.assertEqual(_glob_to_re('foo*'), 'foo[^/]*\\Z(?ms)')
-        self.assertEqual(_glob_to_re('foo?'), 'foo[^/]\\Z(?ms)')
-        self.assertEqual(_glob_to_re('foo??'), 'foo[^/][^/]\\Z(?ms)')
+        sep = os.sep
+        if os.sep == '\\':
+            sep = r'\\'
 
-        # special cases
-        self.assertEqual(_glob_to_re(r'foo\\*'), r'foo\\\\[^/]*\Z(?ms)')
-        self.assertEqual(_glob_to_re(r'foo\\\*'), r'foo\\\\\\[^/]*\Z(?ms)')
-        self.assertEqual(_glob_to_re('foo????'), r'foo[^/][^/][^/][^/]\Z(?ms)')
-        self.assertEqual(_glob_to_re(r'foo\\??'), r'foo\\\\[^/][^/]\Z(?ms)')
+        for glob, regex in (
+            # simple cases
+            ('foo*', r'foo[^%(sep)s]*\Z(?ms)'),
+            ('foo?', r'foo[^%(sep)s]\Z(?ms)'),
+            ('foo??', r'foo[^%(sep)s][^%(sep)s]\Z(?ms)'),
+            # special cases
+            (r'foo\\*', r'foo\\\\[^%(sep)s]*\Z(?ms)'),
+            (r'foo\\\*', r'foo\\\\\\[^%(sep)s]*\Z(?ms)'),
+            ('foo????', r'foo[^%(sep)s][^%(sep)s][^%(sep)s][^%(sep)s]\Z(?ms)'),
+            (r'foo\\??', r'foo\\\\[^%(sep)s][^%(sep)s]\Z(?ms)'),
+        ):
+            regex = regex % {'sep': sep}
+            self.assertEqual(_glob_to_re(glob), regex)
+
+    def test_process_template_line(self):
+        # testing  all MANIFEST.in template patterns
+        manifest = Manifest()
+        l = make_local_path
+
+        # simulated file list
+        manifest.allfiles = ['foo.tmp', 'ok', 'xo', 'four.txt',
+                              'buildout.cfg',
+                              # filelist does not filter out VCS directories,
+                              # it's sdist that does
+                              l('.hg/last-message.txt'),
+                              l('global/one.txt'),
+                              l('global/two.txt'),
+                              l('global/files.x'),
+                              l('global/here.tmp'),
+                              l('f/o/f.oo'),
+                              l('dir/graft-one'),
+                              l('dir/dir2/graft2'),
+                              l('dir3/ok'),
+                              l('dir3/sub/ok.txt'),
+                             ]
+
+        for line in MANIFEST_IN.split('\n'):
+            if line.strip() == '':
+                continue
+            manifest._process_template_line(line)
+
+        wanted = ['ok',
+                  'buildout.cfg',
+                  'four.txt',
+                  l('.hg/last-message.txt'),
+                  l('global/one.txt'),
+                  l('global/two.txt'),
+                  l('f/o/f.oo'),
+                  l('dir/graft-one'),
+                  l('dir/dir2/graft2'),
+                 ]
+
+        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, wanted)
 
     def test_remove_duplicates(self):
         manifest = Manifest()
         manifest.files = ['a', 'b', 'a', 'g', 'c', 'g']
-        # files must be sorted beforehand
+        # files must be sorted beforehand (like sdist does)
         manifest.sort()
         manifest.remove_duplicates()
         self.assertEqual(manifest.files, ['a', 'b', 'c', 'g'])
@@ -143,6 +210,7 @@ def test_include_pattern(self):
         self.assertEqual(manifest.allfiles, ['a.py', 'b.txt'])
 
     def test_process_template(self):
+        l = make_local_path
         # invalid lines
         manifest = Manifest()
         for action in ('include', 'exclude', 'global-include',
@@ -153,7 +221,7 @@ def test_process_template(self):
 
         # implicit include
         manifest = Manifest()
-        manifest.allfiles = ['a.py', 'b.txt', 'd/c.py']
+        manifest.allfiles = ['a.py', 'b.txt', l('d/c.py')]
 
         manifest._process_template_line('*.py')
         self.assertEqual(manifest.files, ['a.py'])
@@ -161,7 +229,7 @@ def test_process_template(self):
 
         # include
         manifest = Manifest()
-        manifest.allfiles = ['a.py', 'b.txt', 'd/c.py']
+        manifest.allfiles = ['a.py', 'b.txt', l('d/c.py')]
 
         manifest._process_template_line('include *.py')
         self.assertEqual(manifest.files, ['a.py'])
@@ -173,31 +241,31 @@ def test_process_template(self):
 
         # exclude
         manifest = Manifest()
-        manifest.files = ['a.py', 'b.txt', 'd/c.py']
+        manifest.files = ['a.py', 'b.txt', l('d/c.py')]
 
         manifest._process_template_line('exclude *.py')
-        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, ['b.txt', 'd/c.py'])
+        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, ['b.txt', l('d/c.py')])
         self.assertNoWarnings()
 
         manifest._process_template_line('exclude *.rb')
-        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, ['b.txt', 'd/c.py'])
+        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, ['b.txt', l('d/c.py')])
         self.assertWarnings()
 
         # global-include
         manifest = Manifest()
-        manifest.allfiles = ['a.py', 'b.txt', 'd/c.py']
+        manifest.allfiles = ['a.py', 'b.txt', l('d/c.py')]
 
         manifest._process_template_line('global-include *.py')
-        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, ['a.py', 'd/c.py'])
+        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, ['a.py', l('d/c.py')])
         self.assertNoWarnings()
 
         manifest._process_template_line('global-include *.rb')
-        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, ['a.py', 'd/c.py'])
+        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, ['a.py', l('d/c.py')])
         self.assertWarnings()
 
         # global-exclude
         manifest = Manifest()
-        manifest.files = ['a.py', 'b.txt', 'd/c.py']
+        manifest.files = ['a.py', 'b.txt', l('d/c.py')]
 
         manifest._process_template_line('global-exclude *.py')
         self.assertEqual(manifest.files, ['b.txt'])
@@ -209,50 +277,50 @@ def test_process_template(self):
 
         # recursive-include
         manifest = Manifest()
-        manifest.allfiles = ['a.py', 'd/b.py', 'd/c.txt', 'd/d/e.py']
+        manifest.allfiles = ['a.py', l('d/b.py'), l('d/c.txt'), l('d/d/e.py')]
 
         manifest._process_template_line('recursive-include d *.py')
-        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, ['d/b.py', 'd/d/e.py'])
+        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, [l('d/b.py'), l('d/d/e.py')])
         self.assertNoWarnings()
 
         manifest._process_template_line('recursive-include e *.py')
-        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, ['d/b.py', 'd/d/e.py'])
+        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, [l('d/b.py'), l('d/d/e.py')])
         self.assertWarnings()
 
         # recursive-exclude
         manifest = Manifest()
-        manifest.files = ['a.py', 'd/b.py', 'd/c.txt', 'd/d/e.py']
+        manifest.files = ['a.py', l('d/b.py'), l('d/c.txt'), l('d/d/e.py')]
 
         manifest._process_template_line('recursive-exclude d *.py')
-        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, ['a.py', 'd/c.txt'])
+        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, ['a.py', l('d/c.txt')])
         self.assertNoWarnings()
 
         manifest._process_template_line('recursive-exclude e *.py')
-        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, ['a.py', 'd/c.txt'])
+        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, ['a.py', l('d/c.txt')])
         self.assertWarnings()
 
         # graft
         manifest = Manifest()
-        manifest.allfiles = ['a.py', 'd/b.py', 'd/d/e.py', 'f/f.py']
+        manifest.allfiles = ['a.py', l('d/b.py'), l('d/d/e.py'), l('f/f.py')]
 
         manifest._process_template_line('graft d')
-        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, ['d/b.py', 'd/d/e.py'])
+        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, [l('d/b.py'), l('d/d/e.py')])
         self.assertNoWarnings()
 
         manifest._process_template_line('graft e')
-        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, ['d/b.py', 'd/d/e.py'])
+        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, [l('d/b.py'), l('d/d/e.py')])
         self.assertWarnings()
 
         # prune
         manifest = Manifest()
-        manifest.files = ['a.py', 'd/b.py', 'd/d/e.py', 'f/f.py']
+        manifest.files = ['a.py', l('d/b.py'), l('d/d/e.py'), l('f/f.py')]
 
         manifest._process_template_line('prune d')
-        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, ['a.py', 'f/f.py'])
+        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, ['a.py', l('f/f.py')])
         self.assertNoWarnings()
 
         manifest._process_template_line('prune e')
-        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, ['a.py', 'f/f.py'])
+        self.assertEqual(manifest.files, ['a.py', l('f/f.py')])
         self.assertWarnings()
 
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 239fc6ddcb6..35652037443 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ Library
   scripts found in the Tools directory.
 
 - Issue #6884: Fix long-standing bugs with MANIFEST.in parsing in distutils
-  on Windows.
+  on Windows.  Also fixed in packaging.
 
 - Issue #8033: sqlite3: Fix 64-bit integer handling in user functions
   on 32-bit architectures. Initial patch by Philippe Devalkeneer.