diff --git a/src/Codeception/Lib/GroupManager.php b/src/Codeception/Lib/GroupManager.php
index f1ecdf7469..9109d2f018 100644
--- a/src/Codeception/Lib/GroupManager.php
+++ b/src/Codeception/Lib/GroupManager.php
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ protected function loadGroupsByPattern()
             if (strpos($group, '*') === false) {
                 continue;
             }
+
             $path = dirname($pattern);
             if (!\Codeception\Util\PathResolver::isPathAbsolute($pattern)) {
                 $path = $this->rootDir . $path;
@@ -56,13 +57,14 @@ protected function loadGroupsByPattern()
                 ->sortByName()
                 ->in($path);
 
-            $i = 1;
-
-
             foreach ($files as $file) {
                 /** @var SplFileInfo $file * */
-                $this->configuredGroups[str_replace('*', $i, $group)] = dirname($pattern).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$file->getRelativePathname();
-                $i++;
+                $filename = $file->getRelativePathname();
+                $regex = "/".str_replace("*", "(.*)", $group)."/";
+                preg_match_all($regex, $filename, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER, 0);
+                if (isset($matches[0][1])) {
+                    $this->configuredGroups[str_replace('*', $matches[0][1], $group)] = dirname($pattern).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$file->getRelativePathname();
+                }
             }
             unset($this->configuredGroups[$group]);
         }