diff --git a/packages/core/src/restic/commands/__tests__/restore.test.ts b/packages/core/src/restic/commands/__tests__/restore.test.ts
index 28b86a92..3fc8dea8 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/restic/commands/__tests__/restore.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/restic/commands/__tests__/restore.test.ts
@@ -143,6 +143,31 @@ describe("restore command", () => {
 			expect(getOptionValues("--include")).toEqual(["backup.20260301-233001.7z"]);
 		});
 
+		test("escapes selected file brackets when restoring from a non-root target", async () => {
+			const { getRestoreArg, getOptionValues } = setup();
+
+			await runRestore(
+				config,
+				"snapshot-bracket-file",
+				"/tmp/restore-target",
+				{
+					organizationId: "org-1",
+					include: [
+						"/media/A Very English Scandal (2018) [tmdbid-79299]/Season 01/A Very English Scandal (2018) - S01E01 - Folge 1 [1080p H264 UND AAC] chapters.xml",
+					],
+					selectedItemKind: "file",
+				},
+				mockDeps,
+			);
+
+			expect(getRestoreArg()).toBe(
+				"snapshot-bracket-file:/media/A Very English Scandal (2018) [tmdbid-79299]/Season 01",
+			);
+			expect(getOptionValues("--include")).toEqual([
+				"A Very English Scandal (2018) - S01E01 - Folge 1 \\[1080p H264 UND AAC\\] chapters.xml",
+			]);
+		});
+
 		test("treats flag-like snapshot IDs as positional restore args", async () => {
 			const { getArgs, getRestoreArg } = setup();
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/restic/commands/restore.ts b/packages/core/src/restic/commands/restore.ts
index 1379e896..35b48860 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/restic/commands/restore.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/restic/commands/restore.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ class ResticRestoreCommandError extends Data.TaggedError("ResticRestoreCommandEr
 	message: string;
 }> {}
 
+const escapeResticIncludePattern = (pattern: string) => pattern.replace(/[\\*?[\]]/g, "\\$&");
+
 export const restore = (
 	config: RepositoryConfig,
 	snapshotId: string,
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ export const restore = (
 			if (options.include?.length) {
 				if (target === "/") {
 					for (const pattern of options.include) {
-						args.push("--include", pattern);
+						args.push("--include", escapeResticIncludePattern(pattern));
 					}
 				} else {
 					const strippedIncludes = options.include.map((pattern) =>
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ export const restore = (
 
 					if (!includesCoverRestoreRoot) {
 						for (const pattern of strippedIncludes) {
-							args.push("--include", pattern);
+							args.push("--include", escapeResticIncludePattern(pattern));
 						}
 					}
 				}