diff --git a/spec/driver_spec.rb b/spec/driver_spec.rb
index 721f617..5f5f5e4 100644
--- a/spec/driver_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/driver_spec.rb
@@ -2516,6 +2516,7 @@ CACHE MANIFEST
               <iframe src="http://example.com/path" id="frame1"></iframe>
               <iframe src="http://example.org/path/to/file" id="frame2"></iframe>
               <iframe src="/frame" id="frame3"></iframe>
+              <iframe src="http://example.org/foo/bar" id="frame4"></iframe>
             </body>
           </html>
           HTML
@@ -2541,6 +2542,7 @@ CACHE MANIFEST
 
     before do
       driver.browser.url_blacklist = ["http://example.org/path/to/file",
+                                      "http://example.*/foo/*",
                                       "http://example.com",
                                       "#{AppRunner.app_host}/script"]
     end
@@ -2571,6 +2573,13 @@ CACHE MANIFEST
       end
     end
 
+    it "should not fetch urls blocked by wildcard match" do
+      visit('/')
+      driver.within_frame('frame4') do
+        driver.find("//body").first.text.should be_empty
+      end
+    end
+
     it "returns a status code for blocked urls" do
       visit("/")
       driver.within_frame('frame1') do
diff --git a/src/NetworkAccessManager.cpp b/src/NetworkAccessManager.cpp
index d06a33f..ed88399 100644
--- a/src/NetworkAccessManager.cpp
+++ b/src/NetworkAccessManager.cpp
@@ -74,19 +74,19 @@ void NetworkAccessManager::setUrlBlacklist(QStringList urlBlacklist) {
 
   QStringListIterator iter(urlBlacklist);
   while (iter.hasNext()) {
-    m_urlBlacklist << QUrl(iter.next());
+    m_urlBlacklist << iter.next();
   }
 };
 
 bool NetworkAccessManager::isBlacklisted(QUrl url) {
-  QListIterator<QUrl> iter(m_urlBlacklist);
+  QString urlString = url.toString();
+  QStringListIterator iter(m_urlBlacklist);
 
   while (iter.hasNext()) {
-    QUrl blacklisted = iter.next();
+    QRegExp blacklisted = QRegExp(iter.next());
+    blacklisted.setPatternSyntax(QRegExp::Wildcard);
 
-    if (blacklisted == url) {
-      return true;
-    } else if (blacklisted.path().isEmpty() && blacklisted.isParentOf(url)) {
+    if(urlString.contains(blacklisted)) {
       return true;
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/NetworkAccessManager.h b/src/NetworkAccessManager.h
index 06dda54..80cff09 100644
--- a/src/NetworkAccessManager.h
+++ b/src/NetworkAccessManager.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class NetworkAccessManager : public QNetworkAccessManager {
     QNetworkReply* createRequest(QNetworkAccessManager::Operation op, const QNetworkRequest &req, QIODevice * outgoingData);
     QString m_userName;
     QString m_password;
-    QList<QUrl> m_urlBlacklist;
+    QStringList m_urlBlacklist;
 
   private:
     void disableKeyChainLookup();