diff --git a/.changeset/cyan-guests-burn.md b/.changeset/cyan-guests-burn.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78f2bb535d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cyan-guests-burn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend': patch
+---
+
+Resolve the `target` for glob `file` locations correctly
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/FileReaderProcessor.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/FileReaderProcessor.test.ts
index 0155f93916..d51f22f538 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/FileReaderProcessor.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/FileReaderProcessor.test.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ describe('FileReaderProcessor', () => {
 
     expect(emit).toBeCalledTimes(2);
     expect(emit.mock.calls[0][0].entity).toEqual({ kind: 'Component' });
+    expect(emit.mock.calls[0][0].location).toEqual({
+      type: 'file',
+      target: expect.stringMatching(/^[^*]*$/),
+    });
     expect(emit.mock.calls[1][0].entity).toEqual({ kind: 'API' });
+    expect(emit.mock.calls[1][0].location).toEqual({
+      type: 'file',
+      target: expect.stringMatching(/^[^*]*$/),
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/FileReaderProcessor.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/FileReaderProcessor.ts
index db069913a2..d92751a24b 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/FileReaderProcessor.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/FileReaderProcessor.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ export class FileReaderProcessor implements CatalogProcessor {
         for (const fileMatch of fileMatches) {
           const data = await fs.readFile(fileMatch);
 
-          for (const parseResult of parseEntityYaml(data, location)) {
+          for (const parseResult of parseEntityYaml(data, {
+            type: 'file',
+            target: fileMatch,
+          })) {
             emit(parseResult);
           }
         }