diff --git a/lib/workers/dep-type/index.js b/lib/workers/dep-type/index.js
index c74ce0bc79db70546200b18313d418c47679014f..8fef933a29655a378e2e299cdb698b7d9f39549d 100644
--- a/lib/workers/dep-type/index.js
+++ b/lib/workers/dep-type/index.js
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ function getDepConfig(depTypeConfig, dep) {
         applyRule = true;
       } else if (packageRule.packagePatterns) {
         for (const packagePattern of packageRule.packagePatterns) {
-          const packageRegex = new RegExp(packagePattern);
+          const packageRegex = new RegExp(
+            packagePattern === '*' ? '.*' : packagePattern
+          );
           if (depConfig.depName.match(packageRegex)) {
             applyRule = true;
           }