diff -r 366beee880aa Lib/unittest/loader.py
--- a/Lib/unittest/loader.py	Tue Jul 30 22:31:06 2013 -0400
+++ b/Lib/unittest/loader.py	Wed Jul 31 17:16:37 2013 -0400
@@ -279,12 +279,10 @@
 
                 load_tests = None
                 tests = None
-                if fnmatch(path, pattern):
-                    # only check load_tests if the package directory itself matches the filter
-                    name = self._get_name_from_path(full_path)
-                    package = self._get_module_from_name(name)
-                    load_tests = getattr(package, 'load_tests', None)
-                    tests = self.loadTestsFromModule(package, use_load_tests=False)
+                name = self._get_name_from_path(full_path)
+                package = self._get_module_from_name(name)
+                load_tests = getattr(package, 'load_tests', None)
+                tests = self.loadTestsFromModule(package, use_load_tests=False)
 
                 if load_tests is None:
                     if tests is not None: