diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
index 64a514500..fa4bef6aa 100644
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
@@ -2492,7 +2492,8 @@ object Defaults extends BuildCommon {
     import Parser.and
     val base = token(Space) ~> token(and(NotSpace, not("--", "Unexpected: ---")).examples(exs))
     val recurse = base flatMap { ex =>
-      val (matching, notMatching) = exs.partition(GlobFilter(ex).accept)
+      val expandedEx = IncrementalTest.expandGlob(ex)
+      val (matching, notMatching) = exs.partition(GlobFilter(expandedEx).accept)
       distinctParser(notMatching, raw) map { result =>
         if (raw) ex +: result else matching.toSeq ++ result
       }
diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/IncrementalTest.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/IncrementalTest.scala
index 1fa9cb486..f9947d83b 100644
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/IncrementalTest.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/IncrementalTest.scala
@@ -69,11 +69,14 @@ object IncrementalTest:
     Vector(Digest.sha256Hash(salt.getBytes("UTF-8")))
   }
 
+  /** Expands `...` to `**` in glob patterns. */
+  def expandGlob(pattern: String): String = pattern.replace("...", "**")
+
   def selectedFilter(args: Seq[String]): Seq[String => Boolean] =
     def matches(nfs: Seq[NameFilter], s: String) = nfs.exists(_.accept(s))
     val (excludeArgs, includeArgs) = args.partition(_.startsWith("-"))
-    val includeFilters = includeArgs.map(GlobFilter.apply)
-    val excludeFilters = excludeArgs.map(_.substring(1)).map(GlobFilter.apply)
+    val includeFilters = includeArgs.map(expandGlob).map(GlobFilter.apply)
+    val excludeFilters = excludeArgs.map(_.substring(1)).map(expandGlob).map(GlobFilter.apply)
     (includeFilters, excludeArgs) match
       case (Nil, Nil) => Seq(const(true))
       case (Nil, _)   => Seq((s: String) => !matches(excludeFilters, s))
diff --git a/main/src/test/scala/SelectedFilterTest.scala b/main/src/test/scala/SelectedFilterTest.scala
index 6a08ce558..9f947eaa8 100644
--- a/main/src/test/scala/SelectedFilterTest.scala
+++ b/main/src/test/scala/SelectedFilterTest.scala
@@ -101,4 +101,32 @@ object DefaultsTest extends verify.BasicTestSuite {
       ) == expected
     )
   }
+
+  test("`expandGlob` should replace ... with **") {
+    assert(IncrementalTest.expandGlob("...Test") == "**Test")
+    assert(IncrementalTest.expandGlob("com...Test") == "com**Test")
+    assert(IncrementalTest.expandGlob("...") == "**")
+    assert(IncrementalTest.expandGlob("Test") == "Test")
+    assert(IncrementalTest.expandGlob("**Test") == "**Test")
+  }
+
+  test("it should work with ... as a shorthand for **") {
+    val expected = Map("com.example.Test1" -> true, "com.example.Test2" -> true, "Foo" -> false)
+    val filter = List("...Test*")
+    assert(
+      expected.map(t =>
+        (t._1, IncrementalTest.selectedFilter(filter).exists(fn => fn(t._1)))
+      ) == expected
+    )
+  }
+
+  test("it should work with ... in exclusion patterns") {
+    val expected = Map("com.example.Test1" -> true, "com.example.Foo" -> false)
+    val filter = List("...Test*", "-...Foo")
+    assert(
+      expected.map(t =>
+        (t._1, IncrementalTest.selectedFilter(filter).exists(fn => fn(t._1)))
+      ) == expected
+    )
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/tests/test-exclude/test b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/tests/test-exclude/test
index f34def638..287f85fdb 100644
--- a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/tests/test-exclude/test
+++ b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/tests/test-exclude/test
@@ -59,3 +59,19 @@ $ delete target/Test2.run
 > testOnly -T*1 -T*2
 -$ exists target/Test1.run
 -$ exists target/Test2.run
+
+
+# with ... as a shorthand for ** (issue #8576)
+> testOnly ...Test1
+$ exists target/Test1.run
+-$ exists target/Test2.run
+
+$ delete target/Test1.run
+
+
+# with ... in exclusion pattern
+> testOnly ...Test... -...Test2
+$ exists target/Test1.run
+-$ exists target/Test2.run
+
+$ delete target/Test1.run