diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management/commands/management/Process.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management/commands/management/Process.cs
index 576e7cb38b9..083df005a2e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management/commands/management/Process.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management/commands/management/Process.cs
@@ -1896,7 +1896,7 @@ protected override void BeginProcessing()
             else
             {
                 // Working Directory not specified -> Assign Current Path.
-                startInfo.WorkingDirectory = ResolveFilePath(this.SessionState.Path.CurrentFileSystemLocation.Path);
+                startInfo.WorkingDirectory = PathUtils.ResolveFilePath(this.SessionState.Path.CurrentFileSystemLocation.Path, this, isLiteralPath: true);
             }
 
             if (this.ParameterSetName.Equals("Default"))
diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Start-Process.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Start-Process.Tests.ps1
index 0669e78426a..5134705dbea 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Start-Process.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Start-Process.Tests.ps1
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Describe "Start-Process" -Tag "Feature","RequireAdminOnWindows" {
         $pingCommand = (Get-Command -CommandType Application ping)[0].Definition
         $pingDirectory = Split-Path $pingCommand -Parent
         $tempFile = Join-Path -Path $TestDrive -ChildPath PSTest
+        $tempDirectory = Join-Path -Path $TestDrive -ChildPath 'PSPath[]'
+        New-Item $tempDirectory -ItemType Directory  -Force
         $assetsFile = Join-Path -Path (Join-Path -Path $PSScriptRoot -ChildPath assets) -ChildPath SortTest.txt
         if ($IsWindows) {
             $pingParam = "-n 2 localhost"
@@ -68,6 +70,15 @@ Describe "Start-Process" -Tag "Feature","RequireAdminOnWindows" {
 	    $process.Id          | Should -BeGreaterThan 1
 	    # $process.ProcessName | Should -Be "ping"
     }
+	
+    It "Should work correctly within an unspecified WorkingDirectory with wildcard-type characters" {
+        Push-Location -LiteralPath $tempDirectory
+	    $process = Start-Process ping -ArgumentList $pingParam -PassThru -RedirectStandardOutput "$TESTDRIVE/output" @extraArgs
+	    $process.Length      | Should -Be 1
+	    $process.Id          | Should -BeGreaterThan 1
+	    # $process.ProcessName | Should -Be "ping"
+        Pop-Location
+    }
 
     It "Should handle stderr redirection without error" {
 	    $process = Start-Process ping -ArgumentList $pingParam -PassThru -RedirectStandardError $tempFile -RedirectStandardOutput "$TESTDRIVE/output"  @extraArgs