diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/du.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/du.rs
index f233af1f60..cb1c5572c8 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/du.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/du.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pub struct DuArgs {
     path: Option<Spanned<NuGlob>>,
     all: bool,
     deref: bool,
-    exclude: Option<Spanned<String>>,
+    exclude: Option<Spanned<NuGlob>>,
     #[serde(rename = "max-depth")]
     max_depth: Option<Spanned<i64>>,
     #[serde(rename = "min-size")]
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ impl Command for Du {
         };
 
         let exclude = args.exclude.map_or(Ok(None), move |x| {
-            Pattern::new(&x.item)
+            Pattern::new(x.item.as_ref())
                 .map(Some)
                 .map_err(|e| ShellError::InvalidGlobPattern {
                     msg: e.msg.into(),