diff --git a/src/Storages/StorageFile.cpp b/src/Storages/StorageFile.cpp
index 7f39ff615f0..9ff2a6667af 100644
--- a/src/Storages/StorageFile.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/StorageFile.cpp
@@ -366,12 +366,18 @@ Strings StorageFile::getPathsList(const String & table_path, const String & user
     }
     else if (path.find_first_of("*?{") == std::string::npos)
     {
-        std::error_code error;
-        size_t size = fs::file_size(path, error);
-        if (!error)
-            total_bytes_to_read += size;
+        if (!fs::is_directory(path)) {
+            std::error_code error;
+            size_t size = fs::file_size(path, error);
+            if (!error)
+                total_bytes_to_read += size;
 
-        paths.push_back(path);
+            paths.push_back(path);
+        } else {
+            /// We list non-directory files under that directory.
+            paths = listFilesWithRegexpMatching(path / fs::path("*"), total_bytes_to_read);
+            can_be_directory = false;
+        }
     }
     else
     {
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03198_table_function_directory_path.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03198_table_function_directory_path.reference
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..19920de3d3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03198_table_function_directory_path.reference
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+2
+2
+1
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03198_table_function_directory_path.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03198_table_function_directory_path.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..671074ab45a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03198_table_function_directory_path.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+INSERT INTO FUNCTION file('data_03198_table_function_directory_path/1.csv', 'csv') SELECT '1.csv';
+INSERT INTO FUNCTION file('data_03198_table_function_directory_path/2.csv', 'csv') SELECT '2.csv';
+INSERT INTO FUNCTION file('data_03198_table_function_directory_path/dir/3.csv', 'csv') SELECT '3.csv';
+INSERT INTO FUNCTION file('data_03198_table_function_directory_path/dir1/dir/4.csv', 'csv') SELECT '4.csv';
+INSERT INTO FUNCTION file('data_03198_table_function_directory_path/dir2/dir/5.csv', 'csv') SELECT '5.csv';
+
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM file('data_03198_table_function_directory_path');
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM file('data_03198_table_function_directory_path/');
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM file('data_03198_table_function_directory_path/dir');
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM file('data_03198_table_function_directory_path/*/dir', 'csv'); -- { serverError 74, 636 }
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM file('data_03198_table_function_directory_pat'); -- { serverError 400 }