diff --git a/src/agent.cpp b/src/agent.cpp
index 33824c5..da7768a 100644
--- a/src/agent.cpp
+++ b/src/agent.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ namespace
     {
         return url.defrag().escape().fullpath();
     }
+
+    std::string trim_front(const std::string& str, const char chr)
+    {
+        auto itr = std::find_if(str.begin(), str.end(),
+                       [chr](const char c) {return c != chr;});
+        return std::string(itr, str.end());
+    }
 }
 
 namespace Rep
@@ -25,6 +32,12 @@ namespace Rep
         {
             return *this;
         }
+        // leading wildcard?
+        if (query.front() == '*')
+        {
+            Url::Url trimmed(trim_front(query, '*'));
+            directives_.push_back(Directive(escape_url(trimmed), true));
+        }
         directives_.push_back(Directive(escape_url(url), true));
         sorted_ = false;
         return *this;
@@ -45,6 +58,12 @@ namespace Rep
             {
                 return *this;
             }
+            // leading wildcard?
+            if (query.front() == '*')
+            {
+                Url::Url trimmed(trim_front(query, '*'));
+                directives_.push_back(Directive(escape_url(trimmed), false));
+            }
             directives_.push_back(Directive(escape_url(url), false));
         }
         sorted_ = false;
@@ -55,9 +74,10 @@ namespace Rep
     {
         if (!sorted_)
         {
-            std::sort(directives_.begin(), directives_.end(), [](const Directive& a, const Directive& b) {
-                return b.priority() < a.priority();
-            });
+            std::sort(directives_.begin(), directives_.end(),
+                [](const Directive& a, const Directive& b) {
+                    return b.priority() < a.priority();
+                });
             sorted_ = true;
         }
         return directives_;
diff --git a/test/test-robots.cpp b/test/test-robots.cpp
index 4e87136..7c61352 100644
--- a/test/test-robots.cpp
+++ b/test/test-robots.cpp
@@ -319,3 +319,39 @@ TEST(RobotsTest, NeverExternalAllowed)
     Rep::Robots robot("", "http://a.com/robots.txt");
     EXPECT_FALSE(robot.allowed("http://b.com/", "one"));
 }
+
+TEST(RobotsTest, LeadingWildcardAllow)
+{
+    std::string content =
+        "User-agent: meow\n"
+        "Disallow: /\n"
+        "Allow: ****/cats\n"
+        "Allow: */kangaroos\n";
+    Rep::Robots robot(content);
+
+    EXPECT_FALSE(robot.allowed("/kangaroo/zebra/cat/page.html", "meow"));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(robot.allowed("/cats.html", "meow"));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(robot.allowed("/cats/page.html", "meow"));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(robot.allowed("/get/more/cats/page.html", "meow"));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(robot.allowed("/kangaroos/page.html", "meow"));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(robot.allowed("/heaps/of/kangaroos/page.html", "meow"));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(robot.allowed("/kangaroosandkoalas/page.html", "meow"));
+}
+
+TEST(RobotsTest, LeadingWildcardDisallow)
+{
+    std::string content =
+        "User-agent: meow\n"
+        "Allow: /\n"
+        "Disallow: ****/cats\n"
+        "Disallow: */kangaroos\n";
+    Rep::Robots robot(content);
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(robot.allowed("/kangaroo/zebra/cat/page.html", "meow"));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(robot.allowed("/cats.html", "meow"));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(robot.allowed("/cats/page.html", "meow"));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(robot.allowed("/get/more/cats/page.html", "meow"));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(robot.allowed("/kangaroos/page.html", "meow"));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(robot.allowed("/heaps/of/kangaroos/page.html", "meow"));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(robot.allowed("/kangaroosandkoalas/page.html", "meow"));
+}