diff --git a/src/evaluate.c b/src/evaluate.c
index a96efb7..69c01b9 100644
--- a/src/evaluate.c
+++ b/src/evaluate.c
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ static void expr_string_wildcard(struct eval_ctx *ctx, struct expr *rel)
 	mpz_export_data(data, right->value, BYTEORDER_HOST_ENDIAN, len);
 
 	datalen = strlen(data) - 1;
-	if (data[datalen] != '*')
+	if (data[datalen] != '*' || data[datalen - 1] == '\\')
 		return;
 
 	data[datalen] = '\0';
diff --git a/src/scanner.l b/src/scanner.l
index 2a992d3..a902e8f 100644
--- a/src/scanner.l
+++ b/src/scanner.l
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ range		({decstring}?:{decstring}?)
 letter		[a-zA-Z]
 string		({letter})({letter}|{digit}|[/\-_\.])*
 quotedstring	\"[^"]*\"
-wildcardstring	{string}\*
+wildcardstring	({string}\*|{string}\\\*)
 comment		#.*$
 slash		\/