diff --git a/.chloggen/fix-stanza-finder-windows.yaml b/.chloggen/fix-stanza-finder-windows.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6c783f36324a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/fix-stanza-finder-windows.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: bug_fix
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: pkg/stanza
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Fix support of include/exclude patterns with "\" separators on Windows.
+
+# One or more tracking issues related to the change
+issues: [14754]
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/fileconsumer/finder.go b/pkg/stanza/fileconsumer/finder.go
index b7ac16508035..17600f36fbb8 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/fileconsumer/finder.go
+++ b/pkg/stanza/fileconsumer/finder.go
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
 package fileconsumer // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/stanza/fileconsumer"
 
 import (
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-
 	"github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4"
 )
 
@@ -30,14 +27,11 @@ type Finder struct {
 func (f Finder) FindFiles() []string {
 	all := make([]string, 0, len(f.Include))
 	for _, include := range f.Include {
-		basepath, pattern := doublestar.SplitPattern(include)
-		fsys := os.DirFS(basepath)
-		matches, _ := doublestar.Glob(fsys, pattern) // compile error checked in build
+		matches, _ := doublestar.FilepathGlob(include) // compile error checked in build
 	INCLUDE:
 		for _, match := range matches {
 			for _, exclude := range f.Exclude {
-				_, pattern = doublestar.SplitPattern(exclude)
-				if itMatches, _ := doublestar.PathMatch(pattern, match); itMatches {
+				if itMatches, _ := doublestar.PathMatch(exclude, match); itMatches {
 					continue INCLUDE
 				}
 			}
@@ -48,7 +42,7 @@ func (f Finder) FindFiles() []string {
 				}
 			}
 
-			all = append(all, filepath.Join(basepath, match))
+			all = append(all, match)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/fileconsumer/finder_test.go b/pkg/stanza/fileconsumer/finder_test.go
index dc4ec8170342..c5b7cfd1b60c 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/fileconsumer/finder_test.go
+++ b/pkg/stanza/fileconsumer/finder_test.go
@@ -96,31 +96,31 @@ func TestFinder(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "IncludeMultipleDirectories",
-			files:    []string{"a/1.log", "a/2.log", "b/1.log", "b/2.log"},
-			include:  []string{"a/*.log", "b/*.log"},
+			files:    []string{filepath.Join("a", "1.log"), filepath.Join("a", "2.log"), filepath.Join("b", "1.log"), filepath.Join("b", "2.log")},
+			include:  []string{filepath.Join("a", "*.log"), filepath.Join("b", "*.log")},
 			exclude:  []string{},
-			expected: []string{"a/1.log", "a/2.log", "b/1.log", "b/2.log"},
+			expected: []string{filepath.Join("a", "1.log"), filepath.Join("a", "2.log"), filepath.Join("b", "1.log"), filepath.Join("b", "2.log")},
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "IncludeMultipleDirectoriesVaryingDepth",
-			files:    []string{"1.log", "a/1.log", "a/b/1.log", "c/1.log"},
-			include:  []string{"*.log", "a/*.log", "a/b/*.log", "c/*.log"},
+			files:    []string{"1.log", filepath.Join("a", "1.log"), filepath.Join("a", "b", "1.log"), filepath.Join("c", "1.log")},
+			include:  []string{"*.log", filepath.Join("a", "*.log"), filepath.Join("a", "b", "*.log"), filepath.Join("c", "*.log")},
 			exclude:  []string{},
-			expected: []string{"1.log", "a/1.log", "a/b/1.log", "c/1.log"},
+			expected: []string{"1.log", filepath.Join("a", "1.log"), filepath.Join("a", "b", "1.log"), filepath.Join("c", "1.log")},
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "DoubleStarSameDepth",
-			files:    []string{"a/1.log", "b/1.log", "c/1.log"},
-			include:  []string{"**/*.log"},
+			files:    []string{filepath.Join("a", "1.log"), filepath.Join("b", "1.log"), filepath.Join("c", "1.log")},
+			include:  []string{filepath.Join("**", "*.log")},
 			exclude:  []string{},
-			expected: []string{"a/1.log", "b/1.log", "c/1.log"},
+			expected: []string{filepath.Join("a", "1.log"), filepath.Join("b", "1.log"), filepath.Join("c", "1.log")},
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "DoubleStarVaryingDepth",
-			files:    []string{"1.log", "a/1.log", "a/b/1.log", "c/1.log"},
-			include:  []string{"**/*.log"},
+			files:    []string{"1.log", filepath.Join("a", "1.log"), filepath.Join("a", "b", "1.log"), filepath.Join("c", "1.log")},
+			include:  []string{filepath.Join("**", "*.log")},
 			exclude:  []string{},
-			expected: []string{"1.log", "a/1.log", "a/b/1.log", "c/1.log"},
+			expected: []string{"1.log", filepath.Join("a", "1.log"), filepath.Join("a", "b", "1.log"), filepath.Join("c", "1.log")},
 		},
 	}