diff --git a/plugins/pip/pip.plugin.zsh b/plugins/pip/pip.plugin.zsh
index b5433ae9d..d7236b02a 100644
--- a/plugins/pip/pip.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/pip/pip.plugin.zsh
@@ -76,3 +76,6 @@ zsh-pip-test-clean-packages() {
         echo "the djangopypi2 index is fine"
     fi
 }
+
+alias pip="noglob pip" # allows square brackets for pip command invocation
+