diff --git a/google-cloud-nio-examples/README.md b/google-cloud-nio-examples/README.md
index b74d11a7..bddf1586 100644
--- a/google-cloud-nio-examples/README.md
+++ b/google-cloud-nio-examples/README.md
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ To run this example:
 4.    Run the sample with:
 
     ```
-    java -cp google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/target/google-cloud-nio-0.7.1-SNAPSHOT-shaded.jar:google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio-examples/target/google-cloud-nio-examples-0.7.1-SNAPSHOT.jar com.google.cloud.nio.examples.ListFilesystems
+    java -cp google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/target/google-cloud-nio-0.8.3-alpha-SNAPSHOT-shaded.jar:google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio-examples/target/google-cloud-nio-examples-0.8.3-alpha-SNAPSHOT.jar com.google.cloud.nio.examples.ListFilesystems
     ```
 
     Notice that it lists Google Cloud Storage, which it wouldn't if you ran it without the NIO jar:
     ```
-    java -cp google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio-examples/target/google-cloud-nio-examples-0.7.1-SNAPSHOT.jar com.google.cloud.nio.examples.ListFilesystems
+    java -cp google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio-examples/target/google-cloud-nio-examples-0.8.3-alpha-SNAPSHOT.jar com.google.cloud.nio.examples.ListFilesystems
     ```
 
 The sample doesn't have anything about Google Cloud Storage in it. It gets that ability from the NIO
diff --git a/google-cloud-nio-examples/pom.xml b/google-cloud-nio-examples/pom.xml
index 2b07df87..98221641 100644
--- a/google-cloud-nio-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-nio-examples/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-contrib</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.2-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-nio-examples</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-nio/README.md b/google-cloud-nio/README.md
index 7d7df3b7..74ec7674 100644
--- a/google-cloud-nio/README.md
+++ b/google-cloud-nio/README.md
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@ If you are using Maven, add this to your pom.xml file
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-nio</artifactId>
-  <version>0.8.0</version>
+  <version>0.8.2-alpha</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 If you are using Gradle, add this to your dependencies
 ```Groovy
-compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-nio:0.8.0'
+compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-nio:0.8.2-alpha'
 ```
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-nio" % "0.8.0"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-nio" % "0.8.2-alpha"
 ```
 
 Example Applications
diff --git a/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml b/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
index 0646be3f..297938dd 100644
--- a/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-contrib</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.2-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-nio</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-nio/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/CloudStorageFileSystem.java b/google-cloud-nio/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/CloudStorageFileSystem.java
index 60a39fb5..4f031c92 100644
--- a/google-cloud-nio/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/CloudStorageFileSystem.java
+++ b/google-cloud-nio/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/CloudStorageFileSystem.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.file.FileStore;
 import java.nio.file.FileSystem;
+import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.PathMatcher;
 import java.nio.file.WatchService;
@@ -210,13 +211,9 @@ public Set<String> supportedFileAttributeViews() {
     return SUPPORTED_VIEWS;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Throws {@link UnsupportedOperationException} because this feature hasn't been implemented yet.
-   */
   @Override
   public PathMatcher getPathMatcher(String syntaxAndPattern) {
-    // TODO(#813): Implement me.
-    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    return FileSystems.getDefault().getPathMatcher(syntaxAndPattern);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/google-cloud-nio/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/CloudStorageFileSystemProvider.java b/google-cloud-nio/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/CloudStorageFileSystemProvider.java
index 727327d2..f65549b6 100644
--- a/google-cloud-nio/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/CloudStorageFileSystemProvider.java
+++ b/google-cloud-nio/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/CloudStorageFileSystemProvider.java
@@ -170,14 +170,15 @@ public CloudStorageFileSystem getFileSystem(URI uri) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns Cloud Storage file system, provided a URI with no path, e.g. {@code gs://bucket}.
+   * Returns Cloud Storage file system, provided a URI, e.g. {@code gs://bucket}.
+   * The URI can include a path component (that will be ignored).
    *
    * @param uri bucket and current working directory, e.g. {@code gs://bucket}
    * @param env map of configuration options, whose keys correspond to the method names of
    *     {@link CloudStorageConfiguration.Builder}. However you are not allowed to set the working
    *     directory, as that should be provided in the {@code uri}
-   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code uri} specifies a user, query, fragment, or scheme is
-   *     not {@value CloudStorageFileSystem#URI_SCHEME}
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code uri} specifies a port, user, query, or fragment, or
+   *     if scheme is not {@value CloudStorageFileSystem#URI_SCHEME}
    */
   @Override
   public CloudStorageFileSystem newFileSystem(URI uri, Map<String, ?> env) {
@@ -191,11 +192,10 @@ public CloudStorageFileSystem newFileSystem(URI uri, Map<String, ?> env) {
         CloudStorageFileSystem.URI_SCHEME, uri);
     checkArgument(
         uri.getPort() == -1
-            && isNullOrEmpty(uri.getPath())
             && isNullOrEmpty(uri.getQuery())
             && isNullOrEmpty(uri.getFragment())
             && isNullOrEmpty(uri.getUserInfo()),
-        "GCS FileSystem URIs mustn't have: port, userinfo, path, query, or fragment: %s",
+        "GCS FileSystem URIs mustn't have: port, userinfo, query, or fragment: %s",
         uri);
     CloudStorageUtil.checkBucket(uri.getHost());
     initStorage();
diff --git a/google-cloud-nio/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/CloudStorageFileSystemProviderTest.java b/google-cloud-nio/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/CloudStorageFileSystemProviderTest.java
index 86e87d0e..970d6021 100644
--- a/google-cloud-nio/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/CloudStorageFileSystemProviderTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-nio/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/CloudStorageFileSystemProviderTest.java
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@
 import java.nio.file.OpenOption;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
  * Unit tests for {@link CloudStorageFileSystemProvider}.
@@ -644,6 +646,12 @@ public void testProviderEquals() {
     assertThat(path1.getFileSystem().provider()).isNotEqualTo(path3.getFileSystem().provider());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testNewFileSystem() throws IOException {
+    Map<String,String> env = new HashMap<>();
+    FileSystems.newFileSystem(URI.create("gs://bucket/path/to/file"), env);
+  }
+
   private static CloudStorageConfiguration permitEmptyPathComponents(boolean value) {
     return CloudStorageConfiguration.builder().permitEmptyPathComponents(value).build();
   }
diff --git a/google-cloud-nio/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/CloudStorageFileSystemTest.java b/google-cloud-nio/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/CloudStorageFileSystemTest.java
index ec856447..d7d5b346 100644
--- a/google-cloud-nio/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/CloudStorageFileSystemTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-nio/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/CloudStorageFileSystemTest.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.PathMatcher;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -159,4 +160,27 @@ public void testListFiles() throws IOException {
       assertThat(got).containsExactlyElementsIn(goodPaths);
     }
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testMatcher() throws IOException {
+    try (FileSystem fs = CloudStorageFileSystem.forBucket("bucket")) {
+      String pattern1 = "glob:*.java";
+      PathMatcher javaFileMatcher = fs.getPathMatcher(pattern1);
+      assertMatches(fs, javaFileMatcher, "a.java", true);
+      assertMatches(fs, javaFileMatcher, "a.text", false);
+      assertMatches(fs, javaFileMatcher, "folder/c.java", true);
+      assertMatches(fs, javaFileMatcher, "d", false);
+      
+      String pattern2 = "glob:*.{java,text}";
+      PathMatcher javaAndTextFileMatcher = fs.getPathMatcher(pattern2);
+      assertMatches(fs, javaAndTextFileMatcher, "a.java", true);
+      assertMatches(fs, javaAndTextFileMatcher, "a.text", true);
+      assertMatches(fs, javaAndTextFileMatcher, "folder/c.java", true);
+      assertMatches(fs, javaAndTextFileMatcher, "d", false);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void assertMatches(FileSystem fs, PathMatcher matcher, String toMatch, boolean expected) {
+    assertThat(matcher.matches(fs.getPath(toMatch).getFileName())).isEqualTo(expected);
+  }
 }