diff --git a/acl/acl.go b/acl/acl.go
index 01f04062a2be..f5a76ea03c41 100644
--- a/acl/acl.go
+++ b/acl/acl.go
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ package acl
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
 
 	iradix "github.com/hashicorp/go-immutable-radix"
+	glob "github.com/ryanuber/go-glob"
 )
 
 // ManagementACL is a singleton used for management tokens
@@ -44,6 +47,10 @@ type ACL struct {
 	// namespaces maps a namespace to a capabilitySet
 	namespaces *iradix.Tree
 
+	// wildcardNamespaces maps a glob pattern of a namespace to a capabilitySet
+	// We use an iradix for the purposes of ordered iteration.
+	wildcardNamespaces *iradix.Tree
+
 	agent    string
 	node     string
 	operator string
@@ -75,18 +82,33 @@ func NewACL(management bool, policies []*Policy) (*ACL, error) {
 	// Create the ACL object
 	acl := &ACL{}
 	nsTxn := iradix.New().Txn()
+	wnsTxn := iradix.New().Txn()
 
 	for _, policy := range policies {
 	NAMESPACES:
 		for _, ns := range policy.Namespaces {
+			// Should the namespace be matched using a glob?
+			globDefinition := strings.Contains(ns.Name, "*")
+
 			// Check for existing capabilities
 			var capabilities capabilitySet
-			raw, ok := nsTxn.Get([]byte(ns.Name))
-			if ok {
-				capabilities = raw.(capabilitySet)
+
+			if globDefinition {
+				raw, ok := wnsTxn.Get([]byte(ns.Name))
+				if ok {
+					capabilities = raw.(capabilitySet)
+				} else {
+					capabilities = make(capabilitySet)
+					wnsTxn.Insert([]byte(ns.Name), capabilities)
+				}
 			} else {
-				capabilities = make(capabilitySet)
-				nsTxn.Insert([]byte(ns.Name), capabilities)
+				raw, ok := nsTxn.Get([]byte(ns.Name))
+				if ok {
+					capabilities = raw.(capabilitySet)
+				} else {
+					capabilities = make(capabilitySet)
+					nsTxn.Insert([]byte(ns.Name), capabilities)
+				}
 			}
 
 			// Deny always takes precedence
@@ -123,6 +145,7 @@ func NewACL(management bool, policies []*Policy) (*ACL, error) {
 
 	// Finalize the namespaces
 	acl.namespaces = nsTxn.Commit()
+	acl.wildcardNamespaces = wnsTxn.Commit()
 	return acl, nil
 }
 
@@ -139,13 +162,12 @@ func (a *ACL) AllowNamespaceOperation(ns string, op string) bool {
 	}
 
 	// Check for a matching capability set
-	raw, ok := a.namespaces.Get([]byte(ns))
+	capabilities, ok := a.matchingCapabilitySet(ns)
 	if !ok {
 		return false
 	}
 
 	// Check if the capability has been granted
-	capabilities := raw.(capabilitySet)
 	return capabilities.Check(op)
 }
 
@@ -157,13 +179,12 @@ func (a *ACL) AllowNamespace(ns string) bool {
 	}
 
 	// Check for a matching capability set
-	raw, ok := a.namespaces.Get([]byte(ns))
+	capabilities, ok := a.matchingCapabilitySet(ns)
 	if !ok {
 		return false
 	}
 
 	// Check if the capability has been granted
-	capabilities := raw.(capabilitySet)
 	if len(capabilities) == 0 {
 		return false
 	}
@@ -171,6 +192,78 @@ func (a *ACL) AllowNamespace(ns string) bool {
 	return !capabilities.Check(PolicyDeny)
 }
 
+// matchingCapabilitySet looks for a capabilitySet that matches the namespace,
+// if no concrete definitions are found, then we return the closest matching
+// glob.
+// The closest matching glob is the one that has the smallest character
+// difference between the namespace and the glob.
+func (a *ACL) matchingCapabilitySet(ns string) (capabilitySet, bool) {
+	// Check for a concrete matching capability set
+	raw, ok := a.namespaces.Get([]byte(ns))
+	if ok {
+		return raw.(capabilitySet), true
+	}
+
+	// We didn't find a concrete match, so lets try and evaluate globs.
+	return a.findClosestMatchingGlob(ns)
+}
+
+type matchingGlob struct {
+	ns            string
+	difference    int
+	capabilitySet capabilitySet
+}
+
+func (a *ACL) findClosestMatchingGlob(ns string) (capabilitySet, bool) {
+	// First, find all globs that match.
+	matchingGlobs := a.findAllMatchingWildcards(ns)
+
+	// If none match, let's return.
+	if len(matchingGlobs) == 0 {
+		return capabilitySet{}, false
+	}
+
+	// If a single matches, lets be efficient and return early.
+	if len(matchingGlobs) == 1 {
+		return matchingGlobs[0].capabilitySet, true
+	}
+
+	// Stable sort the matched globs, based on the character difference between
+	// the glob definition and the requested namespace. This allows us to be
+	// more consistent about results based on the policy definition.
+	sort.SliceStable(matchingGlobs, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return matchingGlobs[i].difference <= matchingGlobs[j].difference
+	})
+
+	return matchingGlobs[0].capabilitySet, true
+}
+
+func (a *ACL) findAllMatchingWildcards(ns string) []matchingGlob {
+	var matches []matchingGlob
+
+	nsLen := len(ns)
+
+	a.wildcardNamespaces.Root().Walk(func(bk []byte, iv interface{}) bool {
+		k := string(bk)
+		v := iv.(capabilitySet)
+
+		isMatch := glob.Glob(k, ns)
+		if isMatch {
+			pair := matchingGlob{
+				ns:            k,
+				difference:    nsLen - len(k) + strings.Count(k, glob.GLOB),
+				capabilitySet: v,
+			}
+			matches = append(matches, pair)
+		}
+
+		// We always want to walk the entire tree, never terminate early.
+		return false
+	})
+
+	return matches
+}
+
 // AllowAgentRead checks if read operations are allowed for an agent
 func (a *ACL) AllowAgentRead() bool {
 	switch {
diff --git a/acl/acl_test.go b/acl/acl_test.go
index 50fa8b5763da..523208233977 100644
--- a/acl/acl_test.go
+++ b/acl/acl_test.go
@@ -262,3 +262,151 @@ func TestAllowNamespace(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestWildcardNamespaceMatching(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		Policy string
+		Allow  bool
+	}{
+		{ // Wildcard matches
+			Policy: `namespace "prod-api-*" { policy = "write" }`,
+			Allow:  true,
+		},
+		{ // Non globbed namespaces are not wildcards
+			Policy: `namespace "prod-api" { policy = "write" }`,
+			Allow:  false,
+		},
+		{ // Concrete matches take precedence
+			Policy: `namespace "prod-api-services" { policy = "deny" }
+			         namespace "prod-api-*" { policy = "write" }`,
+			Allow: false,
+		},
+		{
+			Policy: `namespace "prod-api-*" { policy = "deny" }
+			         namespace "prod-api-services" { policy = "write" }`,
+			Allow: true,
+		},
+		{ // The closest character match wins
+			Policy: `namespace "*-api-services" { policy = "deny" }
+			         namespace "prod-api-*" { policy = "write" }`, // 4 vs 8 chars
+			Allow: false,
+		},
+		{
+			Policy: `namespace "prod-api-*" { policy = "write" }
+               namespace "*-api-services" { policy = "deny" }`, // 4 vs 8 chars
+			Allow: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.Policy, func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert := assert.New(t)
+
+			policy, err := Parse(tc.Policy)
+			assert.NoError(err)
+			assert.NotNil(policy.Namespaces)
+
+			acl, err := NewACL(false, []*Policy{policy})
+			assert.Nil(err)
+
+			assert.Equal(tc.Allow, acl.AllowNamespace("prod-api-services"))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestACL_matchingCapabilitySet_returnsAllMatches(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		Policy        string
+		NS            string
+		MatchingGlobs []string
+	}{
+		{
+			Policy:        `namespace "production-*" { policy = "write" }`,
+			NS:            "production-api",
+			MatchingGlobs: []string{"production-*"},
+		},
+		{
+			Policy:        `namespace "prod-*" { policy = "write" }`,
+			NS:            "production-api",
+			MatchingGlobs: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			Policy: `namespace "production-*" { policy = "write" }
+							 namespace "production-*-api" { policy = "deny" }`,
+
+			NS:            "production-admin-api",
+			MatchingGlobs: []string{"production-*", "production-*-api"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.Policy, func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert := assert.New(t)
+
+			policy, err := Parse(tc.Policy)
+			assert.NoError(err)
+			assert.NotNil(policy.Namespaces)
+
+			acl, err := NewACL(false, []*Policy{policy})
+			assert.Nil(err)
+
+			var namespaces []string
+			for _, cs := range acl.findAllMatchingWildcards(tc.NS) {
+				namespaces = append(namespaces, cs.ns)
+			}
+
+			assert.Equal(tc.MatchingGlobs, namespaces)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestACL_matchingCapabilitySet_difference(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		Policy     string
+		NS         string
+		Difference int
+	}{
+		{
+			Policy:     `namespace "production-*" { policy = "write" }`,
+			NS:         "production-api",
+			Difference: 3,
+		},
+		{
+			Policy:     `namespace "production-*" { policy = "write" }`,
+			NS:         "production-admin-api",
+			Difference: 9,
+		},
+		{
+			Policy:     `namespace "production-**" { policy = "write" }`,
+			NS:         "production-admin-api",
+			Difference: 9,
+		},
+		{
+			Policy:     `namespace "*" { policy = "write" }`,
+			NS:         "production-admin-api",
+			Difference: 20,
+		},
+		{
+			Policy:     `namespace "*admin*" { policy = "write" }`,
+			NS:         "production-admin-api",
+			Difference: 15,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.Policy, func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert := assert.New(t)
+
+			policy, err := Parse(tc.Policy)
+			assert.NoError(err)
+			assert.NotNil(policy.Namespaces)
+
+			acl, err := NewACL(false, []*Policy{policy})
+			assert.Nil(err)
+
+			matches := acl.findAllMatchingWildcards(tc.NS)
+			assert.Equal(tc.Difference, matches[0].difference)
+		})
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/acl/policy.go b/acl/policy.go
index 5631f94748f7..db45f11940ec 100644
--- a/acl/policy.go
+++ b/acl/policy.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	validNamespace = regexp.MustCompile("^[a-zA-Z0-9-]{1,128}$")
+	validNamespace = regexp.MustCompile("^[a-zA-Z0-9-*]{1,128}$")
 )
 
 // Policy represents a parsed HCL or JSON policy.
diff --git a/website/source/guides/security/acl.html.markdown b/website/source/guides/security/acl.html.markdown
index 15ed4b11f6aa..205a42f67816 100644
--- a/website/source/guides/security/acl.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/guides/security/acl.html.markdown
@@ -253,6 +253,36 @@ namespace "default" {
 }
 ```
 
+Namespaces definitions may also include globs, allowing a single policy definition to apply to a set of namespaces. For example, the below policy allows read access to most production namespaces, but allows write access to the "production-api" namespace, and rejects any access to the "production-web" namespace.
+
+```
+namespace "production-*" {
+    policy = "read"
+}
+
+namespace "production-api" {
+    policy = "write"
+}
+
+namespace "production-web" {
+    policy = "deny"
+}
+```
+
+Namespaces are matched to their policies first by performing a lookup on any _exact match_, before falling back to performing a glob based lookup. When looking up namespaces by glob, the matching policy with the greatest number of matched characters will be chosen. For example:
+
+```
+namespace "*-web" {
+    policy = "deny"
+}
+
+namespace "*" {
+    policy = "write"
+}
+```
+
+Will evaluate to deny for `production-web`, because it is 9 characters different from the `"*-web"` rule, but 13 characters different from the `"*"` rule.
+
 ### Node Rules
 
 The `node` policy controls access to the [Node API](/api/nodes.html) such as listing nodes or triggering a node drain.