diff --git a/src/ConfigImporterIgnore.php b/src/ConfigImporterIgnore.php
index c2508c6..9add23f 100644
--- a/src/ConfigImporterIgnore.php
+++ b/src/ConfigImporterIgnore.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\config_ignore;
 
+use Drupal\Component\Utility\Unicode;
 use Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigImporter;
 use Drupal\user\SharedTempStore;
 
@@ -30,8 +31,25 @@ class ConfigImporterIgnore {
       // For now, we only support updates.
       if ($op == 'update') {
         foreach ($config_importer->getUnprocessedConfiguration($op) as $config) {
-          if (in_array($config, $config_ignore_settings)) {
-            $config_to_ignore[$op][$config] = \Drupal::config($config)->getRawData();
+          foreach ($config_ignore_settings as $config_ignore_setting) {
+            // Check if the last character in the string is an asterisk.
+            // If so, it means that it is a wildcard.
+            if (Unicode::substr($config_ignore_setting, -1) == '*') {
+              // Remove the asterisk character from the end of the string.
+              $config_ignore_setting = rtrim($config_ignore_setting, '*');
+              // Test if the start of the config, we are checking, are matching
+              // the $config_ignore_setting string. If it is a match, mark
+              // that config name to be ignored.
+              if (Unicode::substr($config, 0, strlen($config_ignore_setting)) == $config_ignore_setting) {
+                $config_to_ignore[$op][$config] = \Drupal::config($config)->getRawData();
+              }
+            }
+            // If string does not contain an asterisk in the end, just compare
+            // the two strings, and if they match, mark that config name to be
+            // ignored.
+            elseif ($config == $config_ignore_setting) {
+              $config_to_ignore[$op][$config] = \Drupal::config($config)->getRawData();
+            }
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/Form/Settings.php b/src/Form/Settings.php
index 2035984..230c89c 100644
--- a/src/Form/Settings.php
+++ b/src/Form/Settings.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Settings extends ConfigFormBase {
       '#type' => 'textarea',
       '#rows' => 25,
       '#title' => $this->t('Configuration entity names to ignore'),
-      '#description' => $this->t('One configuration name per line.<br />Examples: <ul><li>user.settings</li><li>views.settings</li><li>contact.settings</li></ul>'),
+      '#description' => $this->t('One configuration name per line.<br />Examples: <ul><li>user.settings</li><li>views.settings</li><li>contact.settings</li><li>webform.webform.* (will ignore all config entities that starts with <em>webform.webform</em>)</li><li>* (will ignore everything)</li></ul>'),
       '#default_value' => implode(PHP_EOL, $config_ignore_settings->get('ignored_config_entities')),
       '#size' => 60,
     ];
diff --git a/src/Tests/ConfigIgnoreTest.php b/src/Tests/ConfigIgnoreTest.php
index df41218..266d7cf 100644
--- a/src/Tests/ConfigIgnoreTest.php
+++ b/src/Tests/ConfigIgnoreTest.php
@@ -63,4 +63,35 @@ class ConfigIgnoreTest extends WebTestBase {
 
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Verify all wildcard asterisk is working.
+   */
+  public function testValidateIgnoringWithWildcard() {
+    // Login with a user that has permission to import config.
+    $this->drupalLogin($this->drupalCreateUser(['import configuration']));
+
+    // Set the site name to a known value that we later will try and overwrite.
+    $this->config('system.site')->set('name', 'Test import')->save();
+
+    // Set the system.site:name to be ignored upon config import.
+    $this->config('config_ignore.settings')->set('ignored_config_entities', ['system.*'])->save();
+
+    // Assemble a change that will try and override the current value.
+    $config = $this->config('system.site')->set('name', 'Import has changed title');
+
+    $edit = [
+      'config_type' => 'system.simple',
+      'config_name' => $config->getName(),
+      'import' => Yaml::encode($config->get()),
+    ];
+
+    // Submit a new single item config, with the changes.
+    $this->drupalPostForm('admin/config/development/configuration/single/import', $edit, t('Import'));
+
+    $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, array(), t('Confirm'));
+
+    // Validate if the title from the imported config was rejected.
+    $this->assertText('Test import');
+  }
+
 }