diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 854992b..48fab50 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -48,8 +48,11 @@ version 2.66
 
 	    Don't erroneously reject some option names in --dhcp-match
 	    options. Thnaks to Benedikt Hochstrasser for the bug report.
+	    
+	    Allow a trailing '*' wildcard in all interface-name
+	    configurations. Thanks to Christian Parpart for the patch.
 
-
+  
 version 2.65
 	    Fix regression which broke forwarding of queries sent via
 	    TCP which are not for A and AAAA and which were directed to
diff --git a/man/dnsmasq.8 b/man/dnsmasq.8
index bb19b37..f46ae52 100644
--- a/man/dnsmasq.8
+++ b/man/dnsmasq.8
@@ -171,7 +171,12 @@ options. IP alias interfaces (eg "eth1:0") cannot be used with
 .B --interface
 or
 .B --except-interface
-options, use --listen-address instead. 
+options, use --listen-address instead. A simple wildcard, consisting
+of a trailing '*', can be used in 
+.B \--interface 
+and
+.B \--except-interface
+options. 
 .TP
 .B \-I, --except-interface=<interface name>
 Do not listen on the specified interface. Note that the order of
diff --git a/src/dhcp-common.c b/src/dhcp-common.c
index 3f21267..8ddec58 100644
--- a/src/dhcp-common.c
+++ b/src/dhcp-common.c
@@ -714,8 +714,7 @@ void log_context(int family, struct dhcp_context *context)
       template = p;
       p += sprintf(p, ", ");
        
-      sprintf(p, "template for %s%s", context->template_interface, 
-	      (context->flags & CONTEXT_WILDCARD) ? "*" : "");  
+      sprintf(p, "template for %s", context->template_interface);  
     }
 #endif
      
diff --git a/src/dhcp.c b/src/dhcp.c
index 5874e66..6b8b803 100644
--- a/src/dhcp.c
+++ b/src/dhcp.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ void dhcp_packet(time_t now, int pxe_fd)
     }
   
   for (tmp = daemon->dhcp_except; tmp; tmp = tmp->next)
-    if (tmp->name && (strcmp(tmp->name, ifr.ifr_name) == 0))
+    if (tmp->name && wildcard_match(tmp->name, ifr.ifr_name))
       return;
   
   /* unlinked contexts are marked by context->current == context */
diff --git a/src/dhcp6.c b/src/dhcp6.c
index 62a6309..7d7d358 100644
--- a/src/dhcp6.c
+++ b/src/dhcp6.c
@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ void dhcp6_packet(time_t now)
     return;
     
   for (tmp = daemon->if_except; tmp; tmp = tmp->next)
-    if (tmp->name && (strcmp(tmp->name, ifr.ifr_name) == 0))
+    if (tmp->name && wildcard_match(tmp->name, ifr.ifr_name))
       return;
 
   for (tmp = daemon->dhcp_except; tmp; tmp = tmp->next)
-    if (tmp->name && (strcmp(tmp->name, ifr.ifr_name) == 0))
+    if (tmp->name && wildcard_match(tmp->name, ifr.ifr_name))
       return;
  
   parm.current = NULL;
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ void dhcp6_packet(time_t now)
     {
       
       for (tmp = daemon->if_names; tmp; tmp = tmp->next)
-	if (tmp->name && (strcmp(tmp->name, ifr.ifr_name) == 0))
+	if (tmp->name && wildcard_match(tmp->name, ifr.ifr_name))
 	  break;
 
       if (!tmp && !parm.addr_match)
@@ -530,9 +530,7 @@ static int construct_worker(struct in6_addr *local, int prefix,
 	  }
 	
       }
-    else if (addr6part(local) == addr6part(&template->start6) &&
-	     strncmp(template->template_interface, ifrn_name, strlen(template->template_interface)) == 0 &&
-	     (strlen(template->template_interface) == strlen(ifrn_name) || (template->flags & CONTEXT_WILDCARD)))
+    else if (addr6part(local) == addr6part(&template->start6) && wildcard_match(template->template_interface, ifrn_name))
       {
 	start6 = *local;
 	setaddr6part(&start6, addr6part(&template->start6));
diff --git a/src/dnsmasq.h b/src/dnsmasq.h
index 5d1cf3a..482af22 100644
--- a/src/dnsmasq.h
+++ b/src/dnsmasq.h
@@ -721,9 +721,8 @@ struct dhcp_context {
 #define CONTEXT_CONSTRUCTED 2048
 #define CONTEXT_GC          4096
 #define CONTEXT_RA          8192
-#define CONTEXT_WILDCARD   16384
+#define CONTEXT_CONF_USED  16384
 #define CONTEXT_USED       32768
-#define CONTEXT_CONF_USED  65536
 
 struct ping_result {
   struct in_addr addr;
@@ -980,6 +979,8 @@ char *print_mac(char *buff, unsigned char *mac, int len);
 void bump_maxfd(int fd, int *max);
 int read_write(int fd, unsigned char *packet, int size, int rw);
 
+int wildcard_match(const char* wildcard, const char* match);
+
 /* log.c */
 void die(char *message, char *arg1, int exit_code);
 int log_start(struct passwd *ent_pw, int errfd);
diff --git a/src/network.c b/src/network.c
index 6b7e27a..792914b 100644
--- a/src/network.c
+++ b/src/network.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ int iface_check(int family, struct all_addr *addr, char *name, int *auth)
       ret = 0;
 
       for (tmp = daemon->if_names; tmp; tmp = tmp->next)
-	if (tmp->name && (strcmp(tmp->name, name) == 0))
+	if (tmp->name && wildcard_match(tmp->name, name))
 	  ret = tmp->used = 1;
 	        
       if (addr)
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ int iface_check(int family, struct all_addr *addr, char *name, int *auth)
     }
   
   for (tmp = daemon->if_except; tmp; tmp = tmp->next)
-    if (tmp->name && (strcmp(tmp->name, name) == 0))
+    if (tmp->name && wildcard_match(tmp->name, name))
       ret = 0;
     
 
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ static int iface_allowed(struct irec **irecp, int if_index,
     }
   else
     for (tmp = daemon->dhcp_except; tmp; tmp = tmp->next)
-      if (tmp->name && (strcmp(tmp->name, ifr.ifr_name) == 0))
+      if (tmp->name && wildcard_match(tmp->name, ifr.ifr_name))
 	{
 	  tftp_ok = 0;
 	  dhcp_ok = 0;
diff --git a/src/option.c b/src/option.c
index b71fd2a..8caa333 100644
--- a/src/option.c
+++ b/src/option.c
@@ -2375,11 +2375,6 @@ static int one_opt(int option, char *arg, char *errstr, char *gen_err, int comma
 		  new->flags |= CONTEXT_DHCP; 
 		else if (strstr(a[leasepos], "constructor:") == a[leasepos])
 		  {
-		    if (a[leasepos][strlen(a[leasepos])-1] == '*')
-		      {
-			a[leasepos][strlen(a[leasepos])-1] = 0;
-			new->flags |= CONTEXT_WILDCARD;
-		      }
 		    new->template_interface = opt_string_alloc(a[leasepos] + 12);
 		    new->flags |= CONTEXT_TEMPLATE;
 		  }
diff --git a/src/radv.c b/src/radv.c
index 2dc533d..a708758 100644
--- a/src/radv.c
+++ b/src/radv.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ void icmp6_packet(time_t now)
     return;
   
   for (tmp = daemon->dhcp_except; tmp; tmp = tmp->next)
-    if (tmp->name && (strcmp(tmp->name, interface) == 0))
+    if (tmp->name && wildcard_match(tmp->name, interface))
       return;
  
   if (packet[1] != 0)
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ time_t periodic_ra(time_t now)
 	{
 	  struct iname *tmp;
 	  for (tmp = daemon->dhcp_except; tmp; tmp = tmp->next)
-	    if (tmp->name && (strcmp(tmp->name, interface) == 0))
+	    if (tmp->name && wildcard_match(tmp->name, interface))
 	      break;
 	  if (!tmp)
 	    send_ra(now, param.iface, interface, NULL); 
diff --git a/src/tftp.c b/src/tftp.c
index a3d111e..960b1ee 100644
--- a/src/tftp.c
+++ b/src/tftp.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ void tftp_request(struct listener *listen, time_t now)
 #ifdef HAVE_DHCP      
       /* allowed interfaces are the same as for DHCP */
       for (tmp = daemon->dhcp_except; tmp; tmp = tmp->next)
-	if (tmp->name && (strcmp(tmp->name, name) == 0))
+	if (tmp->name && wildcard_match(tmp->name, name))
 	  return;
 #endif
       
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 360a85f..848e01b 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -581,3 +581,20 @@ int read_write(int fd, unsigned char *packet, int size, int rw)
   return 1;
 }
 
+/* Basically match a string value against a wildcard pattern.  */
+int wildcard_match(const char* wildcard, const char* match)
+{
+  while (*wildcard && *match)
+    {
+      if (*wildcard == '*')
+        return 1;
+
+      if (*wildcard != *match)
+        return 0; 
+
+      ++wildcard;
+      ++match;
+    }
+
+  return *wildcard == *match;
+}