diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4f6fbf3..9bad4fc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -296,7 +296,11 @@ values =
 
 ### Configuration file -- File specific configuration
 
-This configuration is in the section: `[bumpversion:file:…]`
+This configuration is in the section: `[bumpversion:file:…]` or `[bumpversion:glob:…]`
+
+Both, `file:` and `glob:` are configured the same. Their difference is that
+file will match file names directly like `requirements.txt`. While glob also
+matches multiple files via wildcards like `**/pom.xml`.
 
 Note: The configuration file format requires each section header to be
 unique. If you want to process a certain file multiple times,
diff --git a/bumpversion/cli.py b/bumpversion/cli.py
index 67652eb..8825adf 100644
--- a/bumpversion/cli.py
+++ b/bumpversion/cli.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import argparse
 from datetime import datetime
+import glob
 import io
 import itertools
 import logging
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@
 # bumpversion:file ( suffix with spaces):value
 RE_DETECT_SECTION_TYPE = re.compile(
     r"^bumpversion:"
-    r"((?P<file>file)(\s*\(\s*(?P<file_suffix>[^\):]+)\)?)?|(?P<part>part)):"
+    r"((?P<file>file|glob)(\s*\(\s*(?P<file_suffix>[^\):]+)\)?)?|(?P<part>part)):"
     r"(?P<value>.+)",
 )
 
@@ -353,8 +354,12 @@ def _load_configuration(config_file, explicit_config, defaults):
             if "replace" not in section_config:
                 section_config["replace"] = defaults.get("replace", "{new_version}")
 
-            files.append(ConfiguredFile(filename, VersionConfig(**section_config)))
-
+            version_config = VersionConfig(**section_config)
+            if section_type.get("file") == "glob":
+                for filename_glob in glob.glob(filename, recursive=True):
+                    files.append(ConfiguredFile(filename_glob, version_config))
+            else:
+                files.append(ConfiguredFile(filename, version_config))
     return config, config_file_exists, config_newlines, part_configs, files
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 9ee3b86..8a33b0d 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -292,6 +292,36 @@ def test_default_config_files(tmpdir, configfile):
     assert "0.10.3" == tmpdir.join("file2").read()
 
 
+def test_glob_keyword(tmpdir, configfile):
+    tmpdir.join("file1.txt").write("0.9.34")
+    tmpdir.join("file2.txt").write("0.9.34")
+    tmpdir.join(configfile).write("""[bumpversion]
+current_version: 0.9.34
+new_version: 0.9.35
+[bumpversion:glob:*.txt]""")
+
+    tmpdir.chdir()
+    main(["patch"])
+    assert "0.9.35" == tmpdir.join("file1.txt").read()
+    assert "0.9.35" == tmpdir.join("file2.txt").read()
+
+def test_glob_keyword_recursive(tmpdir, configfile):
+    tmpdir.mkdir("subdir").mkdir("subdir2")
+    file1 = tmpdir.join("subdir").join("file1.txt")
+    file1.write("0.9.34")
+    file2 = tmpdir.join("subdir").join("subdir2").join("file2.txt")
+    file2.write("0.9.34")
+    tmpdir.join(configfile).write("""[bumpversion]
+current_version: 0.9.34
+new_version: 0.9.35
+[bumpversion:glob:**/*.txt]""")
+
+    tmpdir.chdir()
+    main(["patch"])
+    assert "0.9.35" == file1.read()
+    assert "0.9.35" == file2.read()
+
+
 def test_file_keyword_with_suffix_is_accepted(tmpdir, configfile, file_keyword):
     tmpdir.join("file2").write("0.10.2")
     tmpdir.join(configfile).write(