diff --git a/lib/config.js b/lib/config.js
index 03e6f1caa..344d202db 100644
--- a/lib/config.js
+++ b/lib/config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 var assert = require('assert');
 var crypto = require('crypto');
+var minimatch = require('minimatch');
 
 // [[a, [b, c]], d] -> [a, b, c, d]
 function flatten(array) {
@@ -91,13 +92,7 @@ function Config(config) {
 
 function allow_action(package, who, action) {
 	for (var i in this.packages) {
-		var match_package = i == package;
-		var m = i.match(/^\/(.*)\/$/);
-		if (m && (new RegExp(m[1])).exec(package)) {
-			match_package = true;
-		}
-
-		if (match_package) {
+		if (minimatch.makeRe(i).exec(package)) {
 			return this.packages[i][action].reduce(function(prev, curr) {
 				if (curr === who || curr === 'all') return true;
 				return prev;
diff --git a/lib/config_def.yaml b/lib/config_def.yaml
index b47e0ec17..76430704b 100644
--- a/lib/config_def.yaml
+++ b/lib/config_def.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ uplinks:
     url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
 
 packages:
-  '/.*/':
+  '*':
     publish: admin
     access: all
     proxy: npmjs
diff --git a/package.yaml b/package.yaml
index cdb6426c2..3ae643f8b 100644
--- a/package.yaml
+++ b/package.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ dependencies:
   request: '*'
   async: '*'
   semver: '*'
+  minimatch: '*'
 
 keywords: # TODO
   - private