diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/glob.js b/lib/internal/fs/glob.js
index c5bbdb9813c0d1..01d331d3f0c39e 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/glob.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/glob.js
@@ -927,13 +927,15 @@ class Glob {
  * @param {string} path the path to check
  * @param {string} pattern the glob pattern to match
  * @param {boolean} windows whether the path is on a Windows system, defaults to `isWindows`
+ * @param {object} [options] the options for the minimatch module
  * @returns {boolean}
  */
-function matchGlobPattern(path, pattern, windows = isWindows) {
+function matchGlobPattern(path, pattern, windows = isWindows, options = kEmptyObject) {
   validateString(path, 'path');
   validateString(pattern, 'pattern');
   return lazyMinimatch().minimatch(path, pattern, {
     kEmptyObject,
+    ...options,
     nocase: isMacOS || isWindows,
     windowsPathsNoEscape: true,
     nonegate: true,
diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/coverage.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/coverage.js
index 8fa9c872568d1e..6e862c3fff1f59 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/coverage.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/coverage.js
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ const kIgnoreRegex = /\/\* node:coverage ignore next (?<count>\d+ )?\*\//;
 const kLineEndingRegex = /\r?\n$/u;
 const kLineSplitRegex = /(?<=\r?\n)/u;
 const kStatusRegex = /\/\* node:coverage (?<status>enable|disable) \*\//;
+const kMatchGlobPatternOptions = { __proto__: null, dot: true };
+
+function matchCoverageGlob(path, pattern) {
+  return matchGlobPattern(path, pattern, undefined, kMatchGlobPatternOptions);
+}
 
 class CoverageLine {
   constructor(line, startOffset, src, length = src?.length) {
@@ -478,10 +483,13 @@ class TestCoverage {
     } = this.options;
 
     // This check filters out files that match the exclude globs.
+    // dot:true is only applied to relativePath so user-supplied globs match
+    // dotfiles within the project, without misinterpreting dot segments in the
+    // absolute filesystem path (e.g. test tmp dirs like `test/.tmp.0`).
     if (excludeGlobs?.length > 0) {
       for (let i = 0; i < excludeGlobs.length; ++i) {
         if (
-          matchGlobPattern(relativePath, excludeGlobs[i]) ||
+          matchCoverageGlob(relativePath, excludeGlobs[i]) ||
           matchGlobPattern(absolutePath, excludeGlobs[i])
         ) return true;
       }
@@ -491,7 +499,7 @@ class TestCoverage {
     if (includeGlobs?.length > 0) {
       for (let i = 0; i < includeGlobs.length; ++i) {
         if (
-          matchGlobPattern(relativePath, includeGlobs[i]) ||
+          matchCoverageGlob(relativePath, includeGlobs[i]) ||
           matchGlobPattern(absolutePath, includeGlobs[i])
         ) return false;
       }
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-runner/coverage-default-exclusion/test/.dotfile.cjs b/test/fixtures/test-runner/coverage-default-exclusion/test/.dotfile.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ec0a4c24fffb3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/test-runner/coverage-default-exclusion/test/.dotfile.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const test = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert');
+const { foo } = require('../logic-file.js');
+
+test('foo returns 1 from a dotfile test', () => {
+  assert.strictEqual(foo(), 1);
+});
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-runner-coverage-default-exclusion.mjs b/test/parallel/test-runner-coverage-default-exclusion.mjs
index 44e5f7600d3270..f6080612a37caa 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-runner-coverage-default-exclusion.mjs
+++ b/test/parallel/test-runner-coverage-default-exclusion.mjs
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ async function setupFixtures() {
   await cp(fixtureDir, tmpdir.path, { recursive: true });
 }
 
+function assertDefaultExclusions(stdout) {
+  assert.match(stdout, /# start of coverage report/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(stdout, /# file-test\.js\s+\|/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(stdout, /# file\.test\.mjs\s+\|/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(stdout, /# file\.test\.ts\s+\|/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(stdout, /# test\.cjs\s+\|/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(stdout, /#\s+not-matching-test-name\.js\s+\|/);
+  assert.match(stdout, /# end of coverage report/);
+}
+
 describe('test runner coverage default exclusion', skipIfNoInspector, () => {
   before(async () => {
     await setupFixtures();
@@ -58,18 +68,6 @@ describe('test runner coverage default exclusion', skipIfNoInspector, () => {
   });
 
   it('should exclude test files from coverage by default', async () => {
-    const report = [
-      '# start of coverage report',
-      '# --------------------------------------------------------------',
-      '# file          | line % | branch % | funcs % | uncovered lines',
-      '# --------------------------------------------------------------',
-      '# logic-file.js |  66.67 |   100.00 |   50.00 | 5-7',
-      '# --------------------------------------------------------------',
-      '# all files     |  66.67 |   100.00 |   50.00 | ',
-      '# --------------------------------------------------------------',
-      '# end of coverage report',
-    ].join('\n');
-
     const args = [
       '--no-experimental-strip-types',
       '--test',
@@ -82,23 +80,11 @@ describe('test runner coverage default exclusion', skipIfNoInspector, () => {
     });
 
     assert.strictEqual(result.stderr.toString(), '');
-    assert(result.stdout.toString().includes(report));
+    assertDefaultExclusions(result.stdout.toString());
     assert.strictEqual(result.status, 0);
   });
 
   it('should exclude ts test files', async () => {
-    const report = [
-      '# start of coverage report',
-      '# --------------------------------------------------------------',
-      '# file          | line % | branch % | funcs % | uncovered lines',
-      '# --------------------------------------------------------------',
-      '# logic-file.js |  66.67 |   100.00 |   50.00 | 5-7',
-      '# --------------------------------------------------------------',
-      '# all files     |  66.67 |   100.00 |   50.00 | ',
-      '# --------------------------------------------------------------',
-      '# end of coverage report',
-    ].join('\n');
-
     const args = [
       '--test',
       '--experimental-test-coverage',
@@ -111,7 +97,26 @@ describe('test runner coverage default exclusion', skipIfNoInspector, () => {
     });
 
     assert.strictEqual(result.stderr.toString(), '');
-    assert(result.stdout.toString().includes(report));
+    assertDefaultExclusions(result.stdout.toString());
+    assert.strictEqual(result.status, 0);
+  });
+
+  it('should exclude dotfile test files from coverage by default', async () => {
+    const args = [
+      '--no-experimental-strip-types',
+      '--test',
+      '--experimental-test-coverage',
+      '--test-reporter=tap',
+      'test/.dotfile.cjs',
+    ];
+    const result = spawnSync(process.execPath, args, {
+      env: { ...process.env, NODE_TEST_TMPDIR: tmpdir.path },
+      cwd: tmpdir.path
+    });
+
+    assert.strictEqual(result.stderr.toString(), '');
+    assertDefaultExclusions(result.stdout.toString());
+    assert.doesNotMatch(result.stdout.toString(), /#\s+\.dotfile\.cjs\s+\|/);
     assert.strictEqual(result.status, 0);
   });
 });