diff --git a/extract_utils/args.py b/extract_utils/args.py
index ecb50cb6..4c1b8968 100644
--- a/extract_utils/args.py
+++ b/extract_utils/args.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     '-s',
     '--section',
     action='store',
-    help='only apply to section',
+    help='only apply to section name matching pattern',
 )
 parser.add_argument(
     '-m',
diff --git a/extract_utils/file.py b/extract_utils/file.py
index dd50b3e3..c0acb62b 100644
--- a/extract_utils/file.py
+++ b/extract_utils/file.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import fnmatch
 import re
 from enum import Enum
 from os import path
@@ -499,7 +500,7 @@ def __add_file(self, file: File, section: str | None):
         if FileArgs.SYMLINK in file.args:
             self.package_symlinks.add(file)
 
-        if self.__section is None or section == self.__section:
+        if self.__section is None or fnmatch.fnmatch(section, self.__section):
             self.files.add(file)
             self.partitions.add(file.partition)
             if file.has_dst: