diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/ml/build.gradle
index db51f5525622b..de4857860f561 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/build.gradle
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation project(':modules:mapper-extras')
   // This should not be here
   testImplementation(testArtifact(project(xpackModule('security'))))
+  testImplementation project(path: xpackModule('wildcard'))
   // ml deps
   api project(':libs:elasticsearch-grok')
   api "org.apache.commons:commons-math3:3.6.1"
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/AutodetectResultProcessorIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/AutodetectResultProcessorIT.java
index d51775e55d42c..3a5531a28c13d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/AutodetectResultProcessorIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/AutodetectResultProcessorIT.java
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.results.ModelPlotTests;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.notifications.AnomalyDetectionAuditor;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.utils.persistence.ResultsPersisterService;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.wildcard.Wildcard;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 
@@ -137,7 +138,8 @@ protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> getPlugins() {
             MockPainlessScriptEngine.TestPlugin.class,
             // ILM is required for .ml-state template index settings
             IndexLifecycle.class,
-            MapperExtrasPlugin.class
+            MapperExtrasPlugin.class,
+            Wildcard.class
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/DatafeedCcsIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/DatafeedCcsIT.java
index d200cc80c709f..19325a55f75d1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/DatafeedCcsIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/DatafeedCcsIT.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.LocalStateMachineLearning;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.support.BaseMlIntegTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.shutdown.ShutdownPlugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.wildcard.Wildcard;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -86,8 +87,9 @@ protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> nodePlugins(String clusterAlias) {
             IndexLifecycle.class,
             // Deprecation warnings go to a data stream, if we ever cause a deprecation warning the data streams plugin is required
             DataStreamsPlugin.class,
-            // To remove errors from parsing built in templates that contain scaled_float
-            MapperExtrasPlugin.class
+            // To remove errors from parsing built in templates that contain scaled_float or wildcard
+            MapperExtrasPlugin.class,
+            Wildcard.class
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlPartialEnablementAdOnlyIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlPartialEnablementAdOnlyIT.java
index bddeda96f0f43..6ae6d03310e2f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlPartialEnablementAdOnlyIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlPartialEnablementAdOnlyIT.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ilm.IndexLifecycle;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.LocalStateMachineLearningAdOnly;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.MlSingleNodeTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.wildcard.Wildcard;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 
@@ -36,8 +37,9 @@ protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> getPlugins() {
             MockPainlessScriptEngine.TestPlugin.class,
             // ILM is required for .ml-state template index settings
             IndexLifecycle.class,
-            // Needed for scaled_float
-            MapperExtrasPlugin.class
+            // Needed for scaled_float and wildcard fields
+            MapperExtrasPlugin.class,
+            Wildcard.class
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlPartialEnablementDfaOnlyIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlPartialEnablementDfaOnlyIT.java
index 047cdb5e3b583..d083e848b5130 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlPartialEnablementDfaOnlyIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlPartialEnablementDfaOnlyIT.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ilm.IndexLifecycle;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.LocalStateMachineLearningDfaOnly;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.MlSingleNodeTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.wildcard.Wildcard;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 
@@ -36,8 +37,9 @@ protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> getPlugins() {
             MockPainlessScriptEngine.TestPlugin.class,
             // ILM is required for .ml-state template index settings
             IndexLifecycle.class,
-            // Needed for scaled_float
-            MapperExtrasPlugin.class
+            // Needed for scaled_float and wildcard fields
+            MapperExtrasPlugin.class,
+            Wildcard.class
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlPartialEnablementNlpOnlyIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlPartialEnablementNlpOnlyIT.java
index 81b7daf56645c..c238dd6cd156a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlPartialEnablementNlpOnlyIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlPartialEnablementNlpOnlyIT.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ilm.IndexLifecycle;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.LocalStateMachineLearningNlpOnly;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.MlSingleNodeTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.wildcard.Wildcard;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 
@@ -34,8 +35,9 @@ protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> getPlugins() {
             MockPainlessScriptEngine.TestPlugin.class,
             // ILM is required for .ml-state template index settings
             IndexLifecycle.class,
-            // Needed for scaled_float
-            MapperExtrasPlugin.class
+            // Needed for scaled_float and wildcard fields
+            MapperExtrasPlugin.class,
+            Wildcard.class
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/MlSingleNodeTestCase.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/MlSingleNodeTestCase.java
index 2883a1c6fd014..a7e54c8957418 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/MlSingleNodeTestCase.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/MlSingleNodeTestCase.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ilm.IndexLifecycle;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.aggs.correlation.CorrelationNamedContentProvider;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.inference.modelsize.MlModelSizeNamedXContentProvider;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.wildcard.Wildcard;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -99,7 +100,9 @@ protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> getPlugins() {
             // ILM is required for .ml-state template index settings
             IndexLifecycle.class,
             // Needed for scaled_float
-            MapperExtrasPlugin.class
+            MapperExtrasPlugin.class,
+            // Needed for wildcard fields
+            Wildcard.class
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/support/BaseMlIntegTestCase.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/support/BaseMlIntegTestCase.java
index c71f14ce69752..26ee875049c21 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/support/BaseMlIntegTestCase.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/support/BaseMlIntegTestCase.java
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.MlSingleNodeTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.monitoring.MonitoringService;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.shutdown.ShutdownPlugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.wildcard.Wildcard;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 
@@ -155,7 +156,8 @@ protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> nodePlugins() {
             // Deprecation warnings go to a data stream, if we ever cause a deprecation warning the data streams plugin is required
             DataStreamsPlugin.class,
             // To remove errors from parsing build in templates that contain scaled_float
-            MapperExtrasPlugin.class
+            MapperExtrasPlugin.class,
+            Wildcard.class
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/build.gradle
index b4b6f3a33add2..43f7db22cc7ef 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/build.gradle
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation project(':modules:data-streams')
   testImplementation(testArtifact(project(xpackModule('core'))))
   testImplementation project(':modules:mapper-extras')
+  testImplementation project(path: xpackModule('wildcard'))
 }
 
 tasks.named("dependencyLicenses").configure {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/integration/MonitoringIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/integration/MonitoringIT.java
index de35d8e0632b0..dc55d3ccd6a10 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/integration/MonitoringIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/integration/MonitoringIT.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.monitoring.LocalStateMonitoring;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.monitoring.MonitoringService;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.monitoring.test.MockIngestPlugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.wildcard.Wildcard;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.Thread.State;
@@ -92,7 +93,13 @@ protected Settings nodeSettings() {
 
     @Override
     protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> getPlugins() {
-        return Arrays.asList(LocalStateMonitoring.class, MockIngestPlugin.class, CommonAnalysisPlugin.class, MapperExtrasPlugin.class);
+        return List.of(
+            LocalStateMonitoring.class,
+            MockIngestPlugin.class,
+            CommonAnalysisPlugin.class,
+            MapperExtrasPlugin.class,
+            Wildcard.class
+        );
     }
 
     private String createBulkEntity() {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/test/MonitoringIntegTestCase.java b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/test/MonitoringIntegTestCase.java
index 9532af6471240..bcf942292a1f8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/test/MonitoringIntegTestCase.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/test/MonitoringIntegTestCase.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.monitoring.MonitoringService;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.monitoring.MonitoringTemplateRegistry;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.monitoring.exporter.ClusterAlertsUtil;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.wildcard.Wildcard;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 
@@ -75,7 +76,8 @@ protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> nodePlugins() {
             MockClusterAlertScriptEngine.TestPlugin.class,
             MockIngestPlugin.class,
             CommonAnalysisPlugin.class,
-            MapperExtrasPlugin.class
+            MapperExtrasPlugin.class,
+            Wildcard.class
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/security/build.gradle
index 728eb6fd11baa..09ce0bbf434b0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/build.gradle
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation project(path: xpackModule('ilm'))
   testImplementation project(path: xpackModule('monitoring'))
   testImplementation project(path: xpackModule('spatial'))
+  testImplementation project(path: xpackModule('wildcard'))
   testImplementation project(path: ':modules:legacy-geo')
   testImplementation project(path: ':modules:percolator')
   testImplementation project(path: xpackModule('sql:sql-action'))
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/integration/DataStreamLifecycleServiceRuntimeSecurityIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/integration/DataStreamLifecycleServiceRuntimeSecurityIT.java
index e9f912e3b6245..5c6f0ec3b699b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/integration/DataStreamLifecycleServiceRuntimeSecurityIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/integration/DataStreamLifecycleServiceRuntimeSecurityIT.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.datastreams.lifecycle.DataStreamLifecycleService;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.Index;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DateFieldMapper;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.extras.MapperExtrasPlugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.ExecutorNames;
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.SystemDataStreamDescriptor;
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.Plugin;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentType;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.LocalStateSecurity;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.wildcard.Wildcard;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -70,7 +72,13 @@ public class DataStreamLifecycleServiceRuntimeSecurityIT extends SecurityIntegTe
 
     @Override
     protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> nodePlugins() {
-        return List.of(LocalStateSecurity.class, DataStreamsPlugin.class, SystemDataStreamTestPlugin.class);
+        return List.of(
+            LocalStateSecurity.class,
+            DataStreamsPlugin.class,
+            SystemDataStreamTestPlugin.class,
+            MapperExtrasPlugin.class,
+            Wildcard.class
+        );
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/integration/DataStreamSecurityIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/integration/DataStreamSecurityIT.java
index 12c20d78656d2..d711fe4639fe6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/integration/DataStreamSecurityIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/integration/DataStreamSecurityIT.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.test.SecuritySettingsSourceField;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.netty4.Netty4Plugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.LocalStateSecurity;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.wildcard.Wildcard;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ public class DataStreamSecurityIT extends SecurityIntegTestCase {
 
     @Override
     protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> nodePlugins() {
-        return List.of(LocalStateSecurity.class, Netty4Plugin.class, MapperExtrasPlugin.class, DataStreamsPlugin.class);
+        return List.of(LocalStateSecurity.class, Netty4Plugin.class, MapperExtrasPlugin.class, DataStreamsPlugin.class, Wildcard.class);
     }
 
     public void testRemoveGhostReference() throws Exception {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/integration/DocumentLevelSecurityTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/integration/DocumentLevelSecurityTests.java
index 1e1f34aadfe20..f2885ba6e2478 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/integration/DocumentLevelSecurityTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/integration/DocumentLevelSecurityTests.java
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.LocalStateSecurity;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.spatial.SpatialPlugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.spatial.index.query.ShapeQueryBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.wildcard.Wildcard;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -117,7 +118,8 @@ protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> nodePlugins() {
             InternalSettingsPlugin.class,
             SpatialPlugin.class,
             PercolatorPlugin.class,
-            MapperExtrasPlugin.class
+            MapperExtrasPlugin.class,
+            Wildcard.class
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/integration/FieldLevelSecurityTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/integration/FieldLevelSecurityTests.java
index 5877500b61783..36c3c60e199fe 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/integration/FieldLevelSecurityTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/integration/FieldLevelSecurityTests.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.LocalStateSecurity;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.spatial.SpatialPlugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.spatial.index.query.ShapeQueryBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.wildcard.Wildcard;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -102,7 +103,8 @@ protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> nodePlugins() {
             InternalSettingsPlugin.class,
             PercolatorPlugin.class,
             SpatialPlugin.class,
-            MapperExtrasPlugin.class
+            MapperExtrasPlugin.class,
+            Wildcard.class
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/FileSettingsRoleMappingsStartupIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/FileSettingsRoleMappingsStartupIT.java
index 6f558cc34f299..cea831ea6d0a9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/FileSettingsRoleMappingsStartupIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/FileSettingsRoleMappingsStartupIT.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.test.InternalSettingsPlugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.SecurityIntegTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.netty4.Netty4Plugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.wildcard.Wildcard;
 
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
@@ -129,7 +130,8 @@ public Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> nodePlugins() {
             ReindexPlugin.class,
             CommonAnalysisPlugin.class,
             InternalSettingsPlugin.class,
-            MapperExtrasPlugin.class
+            MapperExtrasPlugin.class,
+            Wildcard.class
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/SecuritySettingsSource.java b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/SecuritySettingsSource.java
index 44e522ef8709a..2d2fe2510d435 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/SecuritySettingsSource.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/SecuritySettingsSource.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.authc.support.Hasher;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.LocalStateSecurity;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.audit.logfile.LoggingAuditTrail;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.wildcard.Wildcard;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
@@ -188,7 +189,8 @@ public Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> nodePlugins() {
             CommonAnalysisPlugin.class,
             InternalSettingsPlugin.class,
             MapperExtrasPlugin.class,
-            MainRestPlugin.class
+            MainRestPlugin.class,
+            Wildcard.class
         );
     }