diff --git a/nvm.sh b/nvm.sh
index 0011b517..db16abe7 100755
--- a/nvm.sh
+++ b/nvm.sh
@@ -2487,13 +2487,13 @@ nvm_ls() {
       fi
     fi
 
-    if ! [ -d "${NVM_DIRS_TO_SEARCH1}" ] || ! (command ls -1qA "${NVM_DIRS_TO_SEARCH1}" | nvm_grep -q .); then
+    if ! [ -d "${NVM_DIRS_TO_SEARCH1}" ] || ! (command ls -1q "${NVM_DIRS_TO_SEARCH1}" | nvm_grep -q .); then
       NVM_DIRS_TO_SEARCH1=''
     fi
-    if ! [ -d "${NVM_DIRS_TO_SEARCH2}" ] || ! (command ls -1qA "${NVM_DIRS_TO_SEARCH2}" | nvm_grep -q .); then
+    if ! [ -d "${NVM_DIRS_TO_SEARCH2}" ] || ! (command ls -1q "${NVM_DIRS_TO_SEARCH2}" | nvm_grep -q .); then
       NVM_DIRS_TO_SEARCH2="${NVM_DIRS_TO_SEARCH1}"
     fi
-    if ! [ -d "${NVM_DIRS_TO_SEARCH3}" ] || ! (command ls -1qA "${NVM_DIRS_TO_SEARCH3}" | nvm_grep -q .); then
+    if ! [ -d "${NVM_DIRS_TO_SEARCH3}" ] || ! (command ls -1q "${NVM_DIRS_TO_SEARCH3}" | nvm_grep -q .); then
       NVM_DIRS_TO_SEARCH3="${NVM_DIRS_TO_SEARCH2}"
     fi
 
diff --git a/test/fast/Listing versions/Running 'nvm ls' should not error on a version dir with only hidden entries b/test/fast/Listing versions/Running 'nvm ls' should not error on a version dir with only hidden entries
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..74f3c5e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fast/Listing versions/Running 'nvm ls' should not error on a version dir with only hidden entries	
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+cleanup() {
+  [ -n "${NVM_DIR-}" ] && [ -d "${NVM_DIR}" ] && rm -rf "${NVM_DIR}"
+  unset -f die cleanup
+  unset NVM_DIR
+}
+
+die() { echo "$@" ; cleanup ; exit 1; }
+
+: nvm.sh
+\. ../../../nvm.sh
+\. ../../common.sh
+
+NVM_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+[ -n "${NVM_DIR}" ] || die 'unable to create temp NVM_DIR'
+
+# A directory holding only hidden entries holds no versions, so it must be
+# treated as empty: otherwise, with nullglob unset, `find` is handed the
+# literal `*` pattern and errors out (#3727).
+mkdir -p "$(nvm_version_dir new)"
+touch "$(nvm_version_dir new)/.hidden"
+
+try_err nvm ls
+[ -z "${CAPTURED_STDERR-}" ] || die "nvm ls should not write to stderr: ${CAPTURED_STDERR-}"
+
+# Hidden entries must not hide installed versions.
+make_fake_node v0.0.1
+
+try_err nvm ls
+[ -z "${CAPTURED_STDERR-}" ] || die "nvm ls should not write to stderr: ${CAPTURED_STDERR-}"
+
+try nvm_ls
+case "${CAPTURED_STDOUT-}" in
+  *v0.0.1*) ;;
+  *) die "expected v0.0.1 in >${CAPTURED_STDOUT-}<" ;;
+esac
+
+cleanup