diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 142d2519..6aa1dc17 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -74,10 +74,12 @@
 		"@types/readable-stream": "^4.0.10",
 		"buffer": "^6.0.3",
 		"eventemitter3": "^5.0.1",
-		"minimatch": "^9.0.3",
 		"readable-stream": "^4.5.2",
 		"utilium": "^1.0.0"
 	},
+	"optionalDependencies": {
+		"minimatch": "^9.0.3"
+	},
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"@eslint/js": "^9.8.0",
 		"@types/eslint__js": "^8.42.3",
diff --git a/scripts/make-index.js b/scripts/make-index.js
index 78c44ac4..4586c988 100755
--- a/scripts/make-index.js
+++ b/scripts/make-index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import { readdirSync, statSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { minimatch } from 'minimatch';
-import { join, relative, resolve } from 'node:path/posix';
+import _path from 'node:path/posix';
 import { parseArgs } from 'node:util';
 
 const { values: options, positionals } = parseArgs({
@@ -37,6 +36,24 @@ if (options.quiet && options.verbose) {
 	process.exit();
 }
 
+let matchesGlob = _path.matchesGlob;
+
+if (matchesGlob && options.verbose) {
+	console.debug('[debug] path.matchesGlob is available.');
+}
+
+if (!matchesGlob) {
+	console.warn('Warning: path.matchesGlob is not available, falling back to minimatch. (Node 20.17.0+ or 22.5.0+ needed)');
+
+	try {
+		const { minimatch } = await import('minimatch');
+		matchesGlob = minimatch;
+	} catch {
+		console.error('Fatal error: Failed to fall back to minimatch (is it installed?)');
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+}
+
 function fixSlash(path) {
 	return path.replaceAll('\\', '/');
 }
@@ -71,7 +88,7 @@ const entries = new Map();
 
 function computeEntries(path) {
 	try {
-		if (options.ignore.some(pattern => minimatch(path, pattern))) {
+		if (options.ignore.some(pattern => matchesGlob(path, pattern))) {
 			if (!options.quiet) console.log(`${color('yellow', 'skip')} ${path}`);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -79,7 +96,7 @@ function computeEntries(path) {
 		const stats = statSync(path);
 
 		if (stats.isFile()) {
-			entries.set('/' + relative(resolvedRoot, path), stats);
+			entries.set('/' + _path.relative(resolvedRoot, path), stats);
 			if (options.verbose) {
 				console.log(`${color('green', 'file')} ${path}`);
 			}
@@ -87,9 +104,9 @@ function computeEntries(path) {
 		}
 
 		for (const file of readdirSync(path)) {
-			computeEntries(join(path, file));
+			computeEntries(_path.join(path, file));
 		}
-		entries.set('/' + relative(resolvedRoot, path), stats);
+		entries.set('/' + _path.relative(resolvedRoot, path), stats);
 		if (options.verbose) {
 			console.log(`${color('bright_green', ' dir')} ${path}`);
 		}
@@ -102,7 +119,7 @@ function computeEntries(path) {
 
 computeEntries(resolvedRoot);
 if (!options.quiet) {
-	console.log('Generated listing for ' + fixSlash(resolve(root)));
+	console.log('Generated listing for ' + fixSlash(_path.resolve(root)));
 }
 
 const index = {