diff --git a/ReferenceCopAnalyzer/ReferenceCopAnalyzer.Test/NamedWildcardsTests.cs b/ReferenceCopAnalyzer/ReferenceCopAnalyzer.Test/NamedWildcardsTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79f6f85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReferenceCopAnalyzer/ReferenceCopAnalyzer.Test/NamedWildcardsTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using ReferenceCopAnalyzer.Test.Verifiers;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ReferenceCopAnalyzer.Test
+{
+    public class NamedWildcardsTests
+    {
+        private const string Src = $@"
+namespace One.Contracts {{
+}}
+namespace One.Contracts.Internal {{
+}}
+namespace Two {{
+    using One.Contracts.Internal;
+    using One.Contracts;
+}}
+namespace One.B.C {{
+    using One.Contracts.Internal;
+}}
+";
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(Src, @"* *
+!* *.Contracts.Internal
+[context].* [context].Contracts.Internal", new[] { "Two", "One.Contracts.Internal" })]
+        public async Task ShouldReportIllegalReference(
+            string source,
+            string rules,
+            object[] arguments)
+        {
+            await ReferenceCopAnalyzerVerifier.VerifyReferenceCopAnalysis(source, rules, new[]
+            {
+                ReferenceCopAnalyzerVerifier
+                    .Diagnostic(ReferenceCopAnalyzer.ReferenceNotAllowedDiagnosticId)
+                    .WithSpan(7, 5, 7, 34)
+                    .WithArguments(arguments)
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ReferenceCopAnalyzer/ReferenceCopAnalyzer/ReferenceCopAnalyzer.cs b/ReferenceCopAnalyzer/ReferenceCopAnalyzer/ReferenceCopAnalyzer.cs
index a6cf5a6..957ebe1 100644
--- a/ReferenceCopAnalyzer/ReferenceCopAnalyzer/ReferenceCopAnalyzer.cs
+++ b/ReferenceCopAnalyzer/ReferenceCopAnalyzer/ReferenceCopAnalyzer.cs
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ private static bool IsAllowedReference(List<KeyValuePair<string, string>> allowe
                 }
 
                 // Build the mappings based on the sourceName
-                foreach (Match match in Regex.Matches(sourceName, WildCardToRegular(ruleSource)))
+                foreach (Match match in Regex.Matches(sourceName, WildCardToRegular(ruleSource), RegexOptions.RightToLeft))
                 {
                     bool first = true;
                     foreach (Group matchGroup in match.Groups)