diff --git a/RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md b/RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md
index a788e4a69..da765fd91 100644
--- a/RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md
+++ b/RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md
@@ -426,13 +426,13 @@ _Configuration_: N/A
 
 _Description_: Warns when importing black-listed packages.
 
-_Configuration_: black-list of package names
+_Configuration_: black-list of package names (or regular expression package names).
 
 Example:
 
 ```toml
 [imports-blacklist]
-  arguments =["crypto/md5", "crypto/sha1"]
+  arguments =["crypto/md5", "crypto/sha1", "crypto/**/pkix"]
 ```
 ## import-shadowing
 
diff --git a/rule/imports-blacklist.go b/rule/imports-blacklist.go
index 7c98abea9..710662815 100644
--- a/rule/imports-blacklist.go
+++ b/rule/imports-blacklist.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package rule
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/mgechev/revive/lint"
@@ -9,28 +10,40 @@ import (
 
 // ImportsBlacklistRule lints given else constructs.
 type ImportsBlacklistRule struct {
-	blacklist map[string]bool
+	blacklist []*regexp.Regexp
 	sync.Mutex
 }
 
+var replaceRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`/?\*\*/?`)
+
 func (r *ImportsBlacklistRule) configure(arguments lint.Arguments) {
 	r.Lock()
+	defer r.Unlock()
+
 	if r.blacklist == nil {
-		r.blacklist = make(map[string]bool, len(arguments))
+		r.blacklist = make([]*regexp.Regexp, 0)
 
 		for _, arg := range arguments {
 			argStr, ok := arg.(string)
 			if !ok {
 				panic(fmt.Sprintf("Invalid argument to the imports-blacklist rule. Expecting a string, got %T", arg))
 			}
-			// we add quotes if not present, because when parsed, the value of the AST node, will be quoted
-			if len(argStr) > 2 && argStr[0] != '"' && argStr[len(argStr)-1] != '"' {
-				argStr = fmt.Sprintf(`%q`, argStr)
+			regStr, err := regexp.Compile(fmt.Sprintf(`(?m)"%s"$`, replaceRegexp.ReplaceAllString(argStr, `(\W|\w)*`)))
+			if err != nil {
+				panic(fmt.Sprintf("Invalid argument to the imports-blacklist rule. Expecting %q to be a valid regular expression, got: %v", argStr, err))
 			}
-			r.blacklist[argStr] = true
+			r.blacklist = append(r.blacklist, regStr)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (r *ImportsBlacklistRule) isBlacklisted(path string) bool {
+	for _, regex := range r.blacklist {
+		if regex.MatchString(path) {
+			return true
 		}
 	}
-	r.Unlock()
+	return false
 }
 
 // Apply applies the rule to given file.
@@ -45,7 +58,7 @@ func (r *ImportsBlacklistRule) Apply(file *lint.File, arguments lint.Arguments)
 
 	for _, is := range file.AST.Imports {
 		path := is.Path
-		if path != nil && r.blacklist[path.Value] {
+		if path != nil && r.isBlacklisted(path.Value) {
 			failures = append(failures, lint.Failure{
 				Confidence: 1,
 				Failure:    "should not use the following blacklisted import: " + path.Value,
diff --git a/test/import-blacklist_test.go b/test/import-blacklist_test.go
index d427f0b7b..21aeddd86 100644
--- a/test/import-blacklist_test.go
+++ b/test/import-blacklist_test.go
@@ -7,16 +7,24 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mgechev/revive/rule"
 )
 
-func TestImportsBlacklist(t *testing.T) {
+func TestImportsBlacklistOriginal(t *testing.T) {
 	args := []interface{}{"crypto/md5", "crypto/sha1"}
 
+	testRule(t, "imports-blacklist-original", &rule.ImportsBlacklistRule{}, &lint.RuleConfig{
+		Arguments: args,
+	})
+}
+
+func TestImportsBlacklist(t *testing.T) {
+	args := []interface{}{"github.com/full/match", "wildcard/**/between", "wildcard/backward/**", "**/wildcard/forward", "full"}
+
 	testRule(t, "imports-blacklist", &rule.ImportsBlacklistRule{}, &lint.RuleConfig{
 		Arguments: args,
 	})
 }
 
 func BenchmarkImportsBlacklist(b *testing.B) {
-	args := []interface{}{"crypto/md5", "crypto/sha1"}
+	args := []interface{}{"github.com/full/match", "wildcard/**/between", "wildcard/backward/**", "**/wildcard/forward", "full"}
 	var t *testing.T
 	for i := 0; i <= b.N; i++ {
 		testRule(t, "imports-blacklist", &rule.ImportsBlacklistRule{}, &lint.RuleConfig{
diff --git a/testdata/imports-blacklist-original.go b/testdata/imports-blacklist-original.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8d6f7d9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/imports-blacklist-original.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package fixtures
+
+import (
+	"crypto/md5"  //  MATCH /should not use the following blacklisted import: "crypto/md5"/
+	"crypto/sha1" // MATCH /should not use the following blacklisted import: "crypto/sha1"/
+	"strings"
+)
+
diff --git a/testdata/imports-blacklist.go b/testdata/imports-blacklist.go
index cdd5ef4f5..aca95fc71 100644
--- a/testdata/imports-blacklist.go
+++ b/testdata/imports-blacklist.go
@@ -1,7 +1,19 @@
 package fixtures
 
 import (
-	"crypto/md5"  //  MATCH /should not use the following blacklisted import: "crypto/md5"/
-	"crypto/sha1" // MATCH /should not use the following blacklisted import: "crypto/sha1"/
+	"github.com/full/match"  //  MATCH /should not use the following blacklisted import: "github.com/full/match"/
+	"bithub.com/full/match"
+	"github.com/full/matche"
+	"wildcard/between" // MATCH /should not use the following blacklisted import: "wildcard/between"/
+	"wildcard/pkg1/between" // MATCH /should not use the following blacklisted import: "wildcard/pkg1/between"/
+	"wildcard/pkg1/pkg2/between" // MATCH /should not use the following blacklisted import: "wildcard/pkg1/pkg2/between"/
+	"wildcard/backward" // MATCH /should not use the following blacklisted import: "wildcard/backward"/
+	"wildcard/backward/pkg" // MATCH /should not use the following blacklisted import: "wildcard/backward/pkg"/
+	"wildcard/backward/pkg/pkg1" // MATCH /should not use the following blacklisted import: "wildcard/backward/pkg/pkg1"/
+	"wildcard/forward" // MATCH /should not use the following blacklisted import: "wildcard/forward"/
+	"pkg/wildcard/forward" // MATCH /should not use the following blacklisted import: "pkg/wildcard/forward"/
+	"pkg/pkg1/wildcard/forward" // MATCH /should not use the following blacklisted import: "pkg/pkg1/wildcard/forward"/
+	"full" // MATCH /should not use the following blacklisted import: "full"/
+	"github.com/partical/match/fully"
 	"strings"
 )