diff --git a/init/devices.c b/init/devices.c
index 02698eff1..ea9a4b25d 100644
--- a/init/devices.c
+++ b/init/devices.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <fnmatch.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ struct perms_ {
     unsigned int uid;
     unsigned int gid;
     unsigned short prefix;
+    unsigned short wildcard;
 };
 
 struct perm_node {
@@ -97,7 +99,8 @@ static list_declare(platform_names);
 
 int add_dev_perms(const char *name, const char *attr,
                   mode_t perm, unsigned int uid, unsigned int gid,
-                  unsigned short prefix) {
+                  unsigned short prefix,
+                  unsigned short wildcard) {
     struct perm_node *node = calloc(1, sizeof(*node));
     if (!node)
         return -ENOMEM;
@@ -116,6 +119,7 @@ int add_dev_perms(const char *name, const char *attr,
     node->dp.uid = uid;
     node->dp.gid = gid;
     node->dp.prefix = prefix;
+    node->dp.wildcard = wildcard;
 
     if (attr)
         list_add_tail(&sys_perms, &node->plist);
@@ -140,6 +144,9 @@ void fixup_sys_perms(const char *upath)
         if (dp->prefix) {
             if (strncmp(upath, dp->name + 4, strlen(dp->name + 4)))
                 continue;
+        } else if (dp->wildcard) {
+            if (fnmatch(dp->name + 4, upath, FNM_PATHNAME) != 0)
+                continue;
         } else {
             if (strcmp(upath, dp->name + 4))
                 continue;
@@ -180,6 +187,9 @@ static mode_t get_device_perm(const char *path, unsigned *uid, unsigned *gid)
         if (dp->prefix) {
             if (strncmp(path, dp->name, strlen(dp->name)))
                 continue;
+        } else if (dp->wildcard) {
+            if (fnmatch(dp->name, path, FNM_PATHNAME) != 0)
+                continue;
         } else {
             if (strcmp(path, dp->name))
                 continue;
diff --git a/init/devices.h b/init/devices.h
index a84fa5827..5d0fe8862 100644
--- a/init/devices.h
+++ b/init/devices.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ extern void handle_device_fd();
 extern void device_init(void);
 extern int add_dev_perms(const char *name, const char *attr,
                          mode_t perm, unsigned int uid,
-                         unsigned int gid, unsigned short prefix);
+                         unsigned int gid, unsigned short prefix,
+                         unsigned short wildcard);
 int get_device_fd();
 #endif	/* _INIT_DEVICES_H */
diff --git a/init/ueventd.c b/init/ueventd.c
index 662196dc1..4ad0cb969 100644
--- a/init/ueventd.c
+++ b/init/ueventd.c
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ void set_device_permission(int nargs, char **args)
     uid_t uid;
     gid_t gid;
     int prefix = 0;
+    int wildcard = 0;
     char *endptr;
     int ret;
     char *tmp = 0;
@@ -154,9 +155,13 @@ void set_device_permission(int nargs, char **args)
         name = tmp;
     } else {
         int len = strlen(name);
-        if (name[len - 1] == '*') {
+        char *wildcard_chr = strchr(name, '*');
+        if ((name[len - 1] == '*') &&
+            (wildcard_chr == (name + len - 1))) {
             prefix = 1;
             name[len - 1] = '\0';
+        } else if (wildcard_chr) {
+            wildcard = 1;
         }
     }
 
@@ -183,6 +188,6 @@ void set_device_permission(int nargs, char **args)
     }
     gid = ret;
 
-    add_dev_perms(name, attr, perm, uid, gid, prefix);
+    add_dev_perms(name, attr, perm, uid, gid, prefix, wildcard);
     free(tmp);
 }