diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8861092..f6c8065 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ _testmain.go
 .DS_Store
 
 .vscode
+.idea
 
 # SBOMs generated during CI
 /bom.json
diff --git a/helpers.go b/helpers.go
index 50ce198..e5f2218 100644
--- a/helpers.go
+++ b/helpers.go
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ func PackagePaths(root string, excludes []*regexp.Regexp) ([]string, error) {
 	err := filepath.Walk(root, func(path string, f os.FileInfo, err error) error {
 		if filepath.Ext(path) == ".go" {
 			path = filepath.Dir(path)
-			if isExcluded(path, excludes) {
+			if isExcluded(filepath.ToSlash(path), excludes) {
 				return nil
 			}
 			paths[path] = true
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ func isExcluded(str string, excludes []*regexp.Regexp) bool {
 func ExcludedDirsRegExp(excludedDirs []string) []*regexp.Regexp {
 	var exps []*regexp.Regexp
 	for _, excludedDir := range excludedDirs {
-		str := fmt.Sprintf(`([\\/])?%s([\\/])?`, excludedDir)
+		str := fmt.Sprintf(`([\\/])?%s([\\/])?`, strings.ReplaceAll(filepath.ToSlash(excludedDir), "/", `\/`))
 		r := regexp.MustCompile(str)
 		exps = append(exps, r)
 	}
diff --git a/helpers_test.go b/helpers_test.go
index 10edd72..ee3114c 100644
--- a/helpers_test.go
+++ b/helpers_test.go
@@ -49,6 +49,18 @@ var _ = Describe("Helpers", func() {
 			Expect(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
 			Expect(paths).Should(Equal([]string{dir}))
 		})
+		It("should exclude folder with subpath", func() {
+			nested := dir + "/pkg/generated"
+			err := os.MkdirAll(nested, 0755)
+			Expect(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
+			_, err = os.Create(nested + "/test.go")
+			Expect(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
+			exclude, err := regexp.Compile(`([\\/])?/pkg\/generated([\\/])?`)
+			Expect(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
+			paths, err := gosec.PackagePaths(dir+"/...", []*regexp.Regexp{exclude})
+			Expect(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(paths).Should(Equal([]string{dir}))
+		})
 		It("should be empty when folder does not exist", func() {
 			nested := dir + "/test"
 			paths, err := gosec.PackagePaths(nested+"/...", nil)
@@ -66,7 +78,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Helpers", func() {
 			Expect(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
 			Expect(root).Should(Equal(filepath.Join(cwd, base)))
 		})
-		It("should retrun the absolute path from ellipsis path", func() {
+		It("should return the absolute path from ellipsis path", func() {
 			base := "test"
 			cwd, err := os.Getwd()
 			Expect(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
@@ -86,6 +98,17 @@ var _ = Describe("Helpers", func() {
 			Expect(match).Should(BeFalse())
 		})
 
+		It("should create a proper regexp for dir with subdir", func() {
+			r := gosec.ExcludedDirsRegExp([]string{`test/generated`})
+			Expect(len(r)).Should(Equal(1))
+			match := r[0].MatchString("/home/go/src/project/test/generated")
+			Expect(match).Should(BeTrue())
+			match = r[0].MatchString("/home/go/src/project/test/pkg")
+			Expect(match).Should(BeFalse())
+			match = r[0].MatchString("/home/go/src/project/vendor/pkg")
+			Expect(match).Should(BeFalse())
+		})
+
 		It("should create no regexp when dir list is empty", func() {
 			r := gosec.ExcludedDirsRegExp(nil)
 			Expect(len(r)).Should(Equal(0))