diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index be2264a22..58fad0f89 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Validator                               | Description
 **isEmpty(str [, options])**            | check if the string has a length of zero.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{ ignore_whitespace:false }`.
 **isEthereumAddress(str)**              | check if the string is an [Ethereum](https://ethereum.org/) address using basic regex. Does not validate address checksums.
 **isFloat(str [, options])**            | check if the string is a float.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which can contain the keys `min`, `max`, `gt`, and/or `lt` to validate the float is within boundaries (e.g. `{ min: 7.22, max: 9.55 }`) it also has `locale` as an option.<br/><br/>`min` and `max` are equivalent to 'greater or equal' and 'less or equal', respectively while `gt` and `lt` are their strict counterparts.<br/><br/>`locale` determine the decimal separator and is one of `['ar', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', 'ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY', 'ar-MA', 'ar-QA', 'ar-QM', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SD', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'ar-YE', 'bg-BG', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'en-AU', 'en-GB', 'en-HK', 'en-IN', 'en-NZ', 'en-US', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'es-ES', 'fr-CA', 'fr-FR', 'hu-HU', 'it-IT', 'nb-NO', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru-RU', 'sl-SI', 'sr-RS', 'sr-RS@latin', 'sv-SE', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA']`. Locale list is `validator.isFloatLocales`.
-**isFQDN(str [, options])**             | check if the string is a fully qualified domain name (e.g. domain.com).<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{ require_tld: true, allow_underscores: false, allow_trailing_dot: false , allow_numeric_tld: false }`.
+**isFQDN(str [, options])**             | check if the string is a fully qualified domain name (e.g. domain.com).<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{ require_tld: true, allow_underscores: false, allow_trailing_dot: false, allow_numeric_tld: false, allow_wildcard: false }`. If `allow_wildcard` is set to true, the validator will allow domain starting with `*.` (e.g. `*.example.com` or `*.shop.example.com`).
 **isFullWidth(str)**                    | check if the string contains any full-width chars.
 **isHalfWidth(str)**                    | check if the string contains any half-width chars.
 **isHash(str, algorithm)**              | check if the string is a hash of type algorithm.<br/><br/>Algorithm is one of `['md4', 'md5', 'sha1', 'sha256', 'sha384', 'sha512', 'ripemd128', 'ripemd160', 'tiger128', 'tiger160', 'tiger192', 'crc32', 'crc32b']`
diff --git a/src/lib/isFQDN.js b/src/lib/isFQDN.js
index 3dff7d2fd..b82b08941 100644
--- a/src/lib/isFQDN.js
+++ b/src/lib/isFQDN.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const default_fqdn_options = {
   allow_underscores: false,
   allow_trailing_dot: false,
   allow_numeric_tld: false,
+  allow_wildcard: false,
 };
 
 export default function isFQDN(str, options) {
@@ -16,6 +17,12 @@ export default function isFQDN(str, options) {
   if (options.allow_trailing_dot && str[str.length - 1] === '.') {
     str = str.substring(0, str.length - 1);
   }
+
+  /* Remove the optional wildcard before checking validity */
+  if (options.allow_wildcard === true && str.indexOf('*.') === 0) {
+    str = str.substring(2);
+  }
+
   const parts = str.split('.');
   const tld = parts[parts.length - 1];
 
diff --git a/test/validators.js b/test/validators.js
index 77e9eb67f..54583b9f3 100644
--- a/test/validators.js
+++ b/test/validators.js
@@ -1118,6 +1118,18 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
       ],
     });
   });
+  it('should validate FQDN with wildcard option', () => {
+    test({
+      validator: 'isFQDN',
+      args: [
+        { allow_wildcard: true },
+      ],
+      valid: [
+        '*.example.com',
+        '*.shop.example.com',
+      ],
+    });
+  });
 
   it('should validate alpha strings', () => {
     test({