diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6073502..c96181f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 ### Features
 
+- :heavy_check_mark: Wildmat support
 - :heavy_check_mark: Database (SQLite)
 - :construction: Articles posting
 - :x: Transit mode
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2db322b..9b604df 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pressly/goose/v3 v3.5.0
 )
 
-require github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
+require (
+	github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a3cd37d..cf565ba 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSs
 github.com/denisenkom/go-mssqldb v0.11.0/go.mod h1:xbL0rPBG9cCiLr28tMa8zpbdarY27NDyej4t/EjAShU=
 github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:E3ru+11k8xSBh+hMPgOLZmtrrCbhqsmaPHjLKYnJCaQ=
 github.com/dgryski/go-sip13 v0.0.0-20181026042036-e10d5fee7954/go.mod h1:vAd38F8PWV+bWy6jNmig1y/TA+kYO4g3RSRF0IAv0no=
+github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.4.0 h1:F1rxgk7p4uKjwIQxBs9oAXe5CqrXlCduYEJvrF4u93E=
+github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.4.0/go.mod h1:2pZnwuY/m+8K6iRw6wQdMtk+rH5tNGR1i55kozfMjCc=
 github.com/docker/cli v20.10.8+incompatible/go.mod h1:JLrzqnKDaYBop7H2jaqPtU4hHvMKP+vjCwu2uszcLI8=
 github.com/docker/docker v20.10.7+incompatible/go.mod h1:eEKB0N0r5NX/I1kEveEz05bcu8tLC/8azJZsviup8Sk=
 github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0/go.mod h1:Gbd7IOopHjR8Iph03tsViu4nIes5XhDvyHbTtUxmeec=
diff --git a/internal/backend/sqlite/sqlite.go b/internal/backend/sqlite/sqlite.go
index a77b280..e4eb9c0 100644
--- a/internal/backend/sqlite/sqlite.go
+++ b/internal/backend/sqlite/sqlite.go
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 package sqlite
 
 import (
+	"database/sql"
 	"embed"
 	"github.com/ChronosX88/yans/internal/config"
 	"github.com/ChronosX88/yans/internal/models"
+	"github.com/ChronosX88/yans/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/dlclark/regexp2"
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
+	"github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 	"github.com/pressly/goose/v3"
 )
@@ -16,8 +20,19 @@ type SQLiteBackend struct {
 	db *sqlx.DB
 }
 
+func regexHelper(re, s string) (bool, error) {
+	return regexp2.MustCompile(re, regexp2.None).MatchString(s)
+}
+
 func NewSQLiteBackend(cfg config.SQLiteBackendConfig) (*SQLiteBackend, error) {
-	db, err := sqlx.Open("sqlite3", cfg.Path)
+	sql.Register("sqlite3_with_regexp",
+		&sqlite3.SQLiteDriver{
+			ConnectHook: func(conn *sqlite3.SQLiteConn) error {
+				return conn.RegisterFunc("regexp", regexHelper, true)
+			},
+		})
+
+	db, err := sqlx.Open("sqlite3_with_regexp", cfg.Path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -41,6 +56,19 @@ func (sb *SQLiteBackend) ListGroups() ([]models.Group, error) {
 	return groups, sb.db.Select(&groups, "SELECT * FROM groups")
 }
 
+func (sb *SQLiteBackend) ListGroupsByPattern(pattern string) ([]models.Group, error) {
+	var groups []models.Group
+	w, err := utils.ParseWildmat(pattern)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	r, err := w.ToRegex()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return groups, sb.db.Select(&groups, "SELECT * FROM groups WHERE group_name REGEXP ?", r.String())
+}
+
 func (sb *SQLiteBackend) GetArticlesCount(g models.Group) (int, error) {
 	var count int
 	return count, sb.db.Get(&count, "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM articles_to_groups WHERE group_id = ?", g.ID)
diff --git a/internal/backend/storage_backend.go b/internal/backend/storage_backend.go
index d1cda95..6fe0a4a 100644
--- a/internal/backend/storage_backend.go
+++ b/internal/backend/storage_backend.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const (
 
 type StorageBackend interface {
 	ListGroups() ([]models.Group, error)
+	ListGroupsByPattern(pattern string) ([]models.Group, error)
 	GetArticlesCount(g models.Group) (int, error)
 	GetGroupLowWaterMark(g models.Group) (int, error)
 	GetGroupHighWaterMark(g models.Group) (int, error)
diff --git a/internal/server/handler.go b/internal/server/handler.go
index a8435f1..30c340f 100644
--- a/internal/server/handler.go
+++ b/internal/server/handler.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package server
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/ChronosX88/yans/internal/backend"
+	"github.com/ChronosX88/yans/internal/models"
 	"github.com/ChronosX88/yans/internal/protocol"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -60,13 +61,20 @@ func (h *Handler) handleList(s *Session, arguments []string, id uint) error {
 		fallthrough
 	case "ACTIVE":
 		{
-			groups, err := h.backend.ListGroups()
+			var groups []models.Group
+			var err error
+			if len(arguments) == 2 {
+				groups, err = h.backend.ListGroupsByPattern(arguments[1])
+			} else {
+				groups, err = h.backend.ListGroups()
+			}
+
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 			sb.Write([]byte(protocol.MessageListOfNewsgroupsFollows + protocol.CRLF))
 			for _, v := range groups {
-				// TODO set high/low mark and posting status to actual values
+				// TODO set actual post permission status
 				c, err := h.backend.GetArticlesCount(v)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
@@ -82,16 +90,24 @@ func (h *Handler) handleList(s *Session, arguments []string, id uint) error {
 					}
 					sb.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%s %d %d n"+protocol.CRLF, v.GroupName, highWaterMark, lowWaterMark)))
 				} else {
-					sb.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%s 0 0 n"+protocol.CRLF, v.GroupName)))
+					sb.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%s 0 1 n"+protocol.CRLF, v.GroupName)))
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	case "NEWSGROUPS":
 		{
-			groups, err := h.backend.ListGroups()
+			var groups []models.Group
+			var err error
+			if len(arguments) == 2 {
+				groups, err = h.backend.ListGroupsByPattern(arguments[1])
+			} else {
+				groups, err = h.backend.ListGroups()
+			}
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+
+			sb.Write([]byte(protocol.MessageListOfNewsgroupsFollows + protocol.CRLF))
 			for _, v := range groups {
 				desc := ""
 				if v.Description == nil {
diff --git a/internal/utils/wildmat.go b/internal/utils/wildmat.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11d755d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/utils/wildmat.go
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/dlclark/regexp2"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type Wildmat struct {
+	patterns []*WildmatPattern
+}
+
+type WildmatPattern struct {
+	negated bool
+	pattern string
+	regex   *regexp2.Regexp
+}
+
+func regexpEscape(str string) string {
+	restrictedChars := []string{"(\\", "+", "|", "{", "[", "(", ")", "^", "$", ".", "#"}
+	for _, v := range restrictedChars {
+		str = strings.ReplaceAll(str, v, "\\"+v)
+	}
+	return str
+}
+
+func convertWildmatToRegex(pat string) (*regexp2.Regexp, error) {
+	regex := ""
+	pat = regexpEscape(pat)
+	patRunes := []rune(pat)
+	for _, v := range patRunes {
+		switch v {
+		case '?':
+			regex += "."
+		case '*':
+			regex += ".?"
+		default:
+			{
+				regex += string(v)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return regexp2.Compile(regex, regexp2.None)
+}
+
+func ParseWildmat(wildmat string) (*Wildmat, error) {
+	res := &Wildmat{}
+	for _, v := range strings.Split(wildmat, ",") {
+		if len(v) > 0 && v[0] == '!' {
+			r, err := convertWildmatToRegex(v[1:])
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			res.patterns = append(res.patterns, &WildmatPattern{pattern: v[1:], negated: true, regex: r})
+		} else {
+			r, err := convertWildmatToRegex(v)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			res.patterns = append(res.patterns, &WildmatPattern{pattern: v, negated: false, regex: r})
+		}
+	}
+	return res, nil
+}
+
+func (w *Wildmat) ToRegex() (*regexp2.Regexp, error) {
+	res := "(%s)%s"
+	include := ""
+	exclude := ""
+	for _, v := range w.patterns {
+		if v.negated {
+			exclude += fmt.Sprintf("(?!%s)", v.regex.String())
+		} else {
+			if len(include) != 0 {
+				include += fmt.Sprintf("|(%s)", v.regex.String())
+			} else {
+				include += fmt.Sprintf("(%s)", v.regex.String())
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	res = fmt.Sprintf(res, include, exclude)
+	return regexp2.Compile(res, regexp2.None)
+}