diff --git a/test/functional/test_runner.py b/test/functional/test_runner.py
--- a/test/functional/test_runner.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_runner.py
@@ -222,10 +222,18 @@
     if tests:
         # Individual tests have been specified. Run specified tests that exist
         # in the all_scripts list. Accept the name with or without .py
-        # extension.
-        test_list = [t for t in all_scripts if
-                     (t in tests or re.sub(".py$", "", t) in tests)]
-        cutoff = sys.maxsize  # do not cut off explicitly specified tests
+        # extension. Allow for wildcards in the name, so a single input can
+        # match multiple tests
+        patterns = [re.sub(".py$", "", t).replace("*", ".*") for t in tests]
+        regex = "(" + ")|(".join(patterns) + ")$"
+        test_list = [t for t in all_scripts if re.match(
+            regex, re.sub(".py$", "", t))]
+        # Transform the list to set, then back to list to make the elements
+        # unique
+        test_list = list(set(test_list))
+
+        # do not cut off explicitly specified tests
+        cutoff = sys.maxsize
     else:
         # No individual tests have been specified.
         # Run all tests that do not exceed