diff --git a/cmd/gosh/main_test.go b/cmd/gosh/main_test.go
index 24342da29..e3b00ae38 100644
--- a/cmd/gosh/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/gosh/main_test.go
@@ -139,6 +139,16 @@ var interactiveTests = []struct {
 			"你好\n$ ",
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		pairs: []string{
+			"echo *; :\n",
+			"main.go main_test.go\n$ ",
+			"echo *\n",
+			"main.go main_test.go\n$ ",
+			"shopt -s globstar; echo **\n",
+			"main.go main_test.go\n$ ",
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		pairs: []string{
 			"echo foo; exit 0; echo bar\n",
@@ -185,9 +195,11 @@ func TestInteractive(t *testing.T) {
 
 			line := 1
 			for len(tc.pairs) > 0 {
+				t.Logf("write %q", tc.pairs[0])
 				if _, err := io.WriteString(inWriter, tc.pairs[0]); err != nil {
 					t.Fatal(err)
 				}
+				t.Logf("read %q", tc.pairs[1])
 				if err := readString(outReader, tc.pairs[1]); err != nil {
 					t.Fatal(err)
 				}
diff --git a/syntax/lexer.go b/syntax/lexer.go
index a490d58e4..626b226cd 100644
--- a/syntax/lexer.go
+++ b/syntax/lexer.go
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ skipSpace:
 				p.advanceLitNone(r)
 			}
 		case '?', '*', '+', '@', '!':
-			if p.tokenizeGlob() {
+			if p.extendedGlob() {
 				switch r {
 				case '?':
 					p.tok = globQuest
@@ -359,26 +359,35 @@ skipSpace:
 	}
 }
 
-// tokenizeGlob determines whether the expression should be tokenized as a glob literal
-func (p *Parser) tokenizeGlob() bool {
+// extendedGlob determines whether we're parsing a Bash extended globbing expression.
+// For example, whether `*` or `@` are followed by `(` to form `@(foo)`.
+func (p *Parser) extendedGlob() bool {
 	if p.val == "function" {
 		return false
 	}
-	// NOTE: empty pattern list is a valid globbing syntax, eg @()
-	// but we'll operate on the "likelihood" that it is a function;
-	// only tokenize if its a non-empty pattern list
-	if p.peekBytes("()") {
-		return false
+	if p.peekByte('(') {
+		// NOTE: empty pattern list is a valid globbing syntax like `@()`,
+		// but we'll operate on the "likelihood" that it is a function;
+		// only tokenize if its a non-empty pattern list.
+		// We do this after peeking for just one byte, so that the input `echo *`
+		// followed by a newline does not hang an interactive shell parser until
+		// another byte is input.
+		if p.peekBytes("()") {
+			return false
+		}
+		return true
 	}
-	return p.peekByte('(')
+	return false
 }
 
 func (p *Parser) peekBytes(s string) bool {
-	for p.bsp+(len(p.bs)-1) >= len(p.bs) {
+	peekEnd := p.bsp + len(s)
+	// TODO: This should loop for slow readers, e.g. those providing one byte at
+	// a time. Use a loop and test it with testing/iotest.OneByteReader.
+	if peekEnd > len(p.bs) {
 		p.fill()
 	}
-	bw := p.bsp + len(s)
-	return bw <= len(p.bs) && bytes.HasPrefix(p.bs[p.bsp:bw], []byte(s))
+	return peekEnd <= len(p.bs) && bytes.HasPrefix(p.bs[p.bsp:peekEnd], []byte(s))
 }
 
 func (p *Parser) peekByte(b byte) bool {
@@ -917,7 +926,7 @@ loop:
 			tok = _Lit
 			break loop
 		case '?', '*', '+', '@', '!':
-			if p.tokenizeGlob() {
+			if p.extendedGlob() {
 				tok = _Lit
 				break loop
 			}