diff --git a/Lib/pathlib.py b/Lib/pathlib.py
index 89dffa5561a7a5..e3ef2d819fadeb 100644
--- a/Lib/pathlib.py
+++ b/Lib/pathlib.py
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@
 # Internals
 #
 
-# EBADF - guard agains macOS `stat` throwing EBADF
-_IGNORED_ERROS = (ENOENT, ENOTDIR, EBADF)
+# EBADF - guard against macOS `stat` throwing EBADF
+# EINVAL - `stat` on Windows throws it for invalid paths
+_IGNORED_ERROS = (ENOENT, ENOTDIR, EBADF, EINVAL)
 
 def _is_wildcard_pattern(pat):
     # Whether this pattern needs actual matching using fnmatch, or can
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
index d3fd4bd9e6b7ef..268f4fa394e65c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
@@ -2242,6 +2242,9 @@ def test_rglob(self):
         p = P(BASE, "dirC")
         self.assertEqual(set(p.rglob("FILEd")), { P(BASE, "dirC/dirD/fileD") })
 
+    def test_exists_for_invalid_path(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.cls("*").exists(), False)
+
     def test_expanduser(self):
         P = self.cls
         with support.EnvironmentVarGuard() as env:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-12-12-12-09-27.bpo-35306.AzA3I6.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-12-12-12-09-27.bpo-35306.AzA3I6.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d363eb12f7c386
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-12-12-12-09-27.bpo-35306.AzA3I6.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Handle '*' in pathlib.Path.exists on Windows