diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fnmatch-name-or-id-f658fe26f84086c8.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fnmatch-name-or-id-f658fe26f84086c8.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dcdccd249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fnmatch-name-or-id-f658fe26f84086c8.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - name_or_id parameters to search/get methods now support
+    filename-like globbing. This means search_servers('nb0*')
+    will return all servers whose names start with 'nb0'.
diff --git a/shade/_utils.py b/shade/_utils.py
index bfcfbd416..b3da5b5c9 100644
--- a/shade/_utils.py
+++ b/shade/_utils.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import contextlib
+import fnmatch
 import inspect
 import jmespath
 import munch
@@ -83,7 +84,8 @@ def _filter_list(data, name_or_id, filters):
         each dictionary contains an 'id' and 'name'
         key if a value for name_or_id is given.
     :param string name_or_id:
-        The name or ID of the entity being filtered.
+        The name or ID of the entity being filtered. Can be a glob pattern,
+        such as 'nb01*'.
     :param filters:
         A dictionary of meta data to use for further filtering. Elements
         of this dictionary may, themselves, be dictionaries. Example::
@@ -100,9 +102,11 @@ def _filter_list(data, name_or_id, filters):
     if name_or_id:
         identifier_matches = []
         for e in data:
-            e_id = str(e.get('id', None))
+            e_id = e.get('id', None)
             e_name = e.get('name', None)
-            if str(name_or_id) in (e_id, e_name):
+            if ((e_id and fnmatch.fnmatch(str(e_id), str(name_or_id))) or
+                    (e_name and fnmatch.fnmatch(
+                        str(e_name), str(name_or_id)))):
                 identifier_matches.append(e)
         data = identifier_matches
 
diff --git a/shade/tests/unit/test__utils.py b/shade/tests/unit/test__utils.py
index bfe566bd4..28235e8dd 100644
--- a/shade/tests/unit/test__utils.py
+++ b/shade/tests/unit/test__utils.py
@@ -40,6 +40,22 @@ class TestUtils(base.TestCase):
         ret = _utils._filter_list(data, 'donald', None)
         self.assertEqual([el1], ret)
 
+    def test__filter_list_name_or_id_glob(self):
+        el1 = dict(id=100, name='donald')
+        el2 = dict(id=200, name='pluto')
+        el3 = dict(id=200, name='pluto-2')
+        data = [el1, el2, el3]
+        ret = _utils._filter_list(data, 'pluto*', None)
+        self.assertEqual([el2, el3], ret)
+
+    def test__filter_list_name_or_id_glob_not_found(self):
+        el1 = dict(id=100, name='donald')
+        el2 = dict(id=200, name='pluto')
+        el3 = dict(id=200, name='pluto-2')
+        data = [el1, el2, el3]
+        ret = _utils._filter_list(data, 'q*', None)
+        self.assertEqual([], ret)
+
     def test__filter_list_filter(self):
         el1 = dict(id=100, name='donald', other='duck')
         el2 = dict(id=200, name='donald', other='trump')