diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
index f5cc05ea1d0..c7f737de356 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-* Renaming `BroadcastActivityProcessor` to `FanOutActivityProcessor` (#1015)
-* Introduce `SuppressInstrumentationScope` API (#988).
+* Support wildcard pattern matching for ActivitySource
+  ([#1023](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/1023)).
+* Renaming `BroadcastActivityProcessor` to `FanOutActivityProcessor`
+  ([#1015](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/1015)).
+* Introduce `SuppressInstrumentationScope` API
+  ([#988](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/988)).
 * `ActivityProcessor` implements `IDisposable`.
   * When `Dispose` occurs, it calls `ShutdownAsync`.
   * If you want a custom behavior for dispose, you will have to override the
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Sdk.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Sdk.cs
index d8412ca82dd..e8fae911f9a 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Sdk.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Sdk.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Threading;
 using OpenTelemetry.Metrics;
 using OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Export;
@@ -163,11 +165,29 @@ public static TracerProvider CreateTracerProvider(Action<TracerProviderBuilder>
 
         public static TracerProvider CreateTracerProvider(IEnumerable<string> sources, Sampler sampler = null, Resource resource = null)
         {
-            var activitySources = new Dictionary<string, bool>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            if (sources == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sources));
+            }
+
+            if (!sources.Any())
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException($"{nameof(sources)} collection is empty.");
+            }
+
+            var wildcardMode = false;
 
             foreach (var name in sources)
             {
-                activitySources[name] = true;
+                if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name))
+                {
+                    throw new ArgumentException($"{nameof(sources)} collection contains null or whitespace strings.");
+                }
+
+                if (name.Contains('*'))
+                {
+                    wildcardMode = true;
+                }
             }
 
             var provider = new TracerProviderSdk
@@ -176,7 +196,7 @@ public static TracerProvider CreateTracerProvider(IEnumerable<string> sources, S
                 Sampler = sampler,
             };
 
-            provider.ActivityListener = new ActivityListener
+            var listener = new ActivityListener
             {
                 // Callback when Activity is started.
                 ActivityStarted = (activity) =>
@@ -195,10 +215,6 @@ public static TracerProvider CreateTracerProvider(IEnumerable<string> sources, S
                     provider.ActivityProcessor?.OnEnd(activity);
                 },
 
-                // Function which takes ActivitySource and returns true/false to indicate if it should be subscribed to
-                // or not.
-                ShouldListenTo = (activitySource) => activitySources.ContainsKey(activitySource.Name),
-
                 // Setting this to true means TraceId will be always
                 // available in sampling callbacks and will be the actual
                 // traceid used, if activity ends up getting created.
@@ -208,7 +224,32 @@ public static TracerProvider CreateTracerProvider(IEnumerable<string> sources, S
                 GetRequestedDataUsingContext = (ref ActivityCreationOptions<ActivityContext> options) => ComputeActivityDataRequest(options, sampler),
             };
 
-            ActivitySource.AddActivityListener(provider.ActivityListener);
+            if (wildcardMode)
+            {
+                var pattern = "^(" + string.Join("|", from name in sources select '(' + Regex.Escape(name).Replace("\\*", ".*") + ')') + ")$";
+                var regex = new Regex(pattern, RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
+
+                // Function which takes ActivitySource and returns true/false to indicate if it should be subscribed to
+                // or not.
+                listener.ShouldListenTo = (activitySource) => regex.IsMatch(activitySource.Name);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                var activitySources = new Dictionary<string, bool>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+                foreach (var name in sources)
+                {
+                    activitySources[name] = true;
+                }
+
+                // Function which takes ActivitySource and returns true/false to indicate if it should be subscribed to
+                // or not.
+                listener.ShouldListenTo = (activitySource) => activitySources.ContainsKey(activitySource.Name);
+            }
+
+            ActivitySource.AddActivityListener(listener);
+
+            provider.ActivityListener = listener;
 
             return provider;
         }