diff --git a/docs/news/unreleased/weldr-image-type-denylist.md b/docs/news/unreleased/weldr-image-type-denylist.md
index d56b9e079..14845f6eb 100644
--- a/docs/news/unreleased/weldr-image-type-denylist.md
+++ b/docs/news/unreleased/weldr-image-type-denylist.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Weldr API: introduce the ablility to limit exposed Image Types by configuration
 
 Extend Weldr API to accept a map of distribution-specific lists of denied
-image types, which should not be exposed via API. A special name `*` can be
-used to match any Distribution or any Image Type. This functionality is needed
-to not expose image types which can't be successfully built outside
+image types, which should not be exposed via API. It is allowed to use
+globing patterns as Distribution and Image Type names. This functionality
+is needed to not expose image types which can't be successfully built outside
 of Red Hat VPN.
 
 The list of denied Image Types is defined in `osbuild-composer` configuration,
diff --git a/internal/weldr/api.go b/internal/weldr/api.go
index 32d346fa0..c9f93ec99 100644
--- a/internal/weldr/api.go
+++ b/internal/weldr/api.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
+	"github.com/gobwas/glob"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
 
@@ -389,27 +390,40 @@ func (api *API) openImageFile(composeId uuid.UUID, compose store.Compose) (io.Re
 // the distro-specific ImageType Denylist provided to the API from configuration.
 // If the given ImageType is not allowed the method returns an `false`.
 // Otherwise `true` is returned.
-func (api *API) isImageTypeAllowed(distroName, imageType string) bool {
-	anyImageType := "*"
-	anyDistro := "*"
-
+func (api *API) isImageTypeAllowed(distroName, imageType string) (bool, error) {
 	for deniedDistro, deniedImgTypes := range api.distrosImageTypeDenylist {
-		if distroName == deniedDistro || deniedDistro == anyDistro {
+		deniedDistroPattern, err := glob.Compile(deniedDistro)
+		if err != nil {
+			// the bool return value here does not have any real meaning
+			return true, err
+		}
+		if deniedDistroPattern.Match(distroName) {
 			for _, deniedImgType := range deniedImgTypes {
-				if imageType == deniedImgType || deniedImgType == anyImageType {
-					return false
+				deniedImageTypePattern, err := glob.Compile(deniedImgType)
+				if err != nil {
+					// the bool return value here does not have any real meaning
+					return true, err
+				}
+
+				if deniedImageTypePattern.Match(imageType) {
+					return false, nil
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return true
+
+	return true, nil
 }
 
 // getImageType returns the ImageType for the selected distro
 // This is necessary because different distros support different image types, and the image
 // type may have a different package set than other distros.
 func (api *API) getImageType(distroName, imageType string) (distro.ImageType, error) {
-	if !api.isImageTypeAllowed(distroName, imageType) {
+	imgAllowed, err := api.isImageTypeAllowed(distroName, imageType)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error while checking if image type is allowed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !imgAllowed {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("image type %q for distro %q is denied by configuration", imageType, distroName)
 	}
 
@@ -2522,7 +2536,16 @@ func (api *API) composeTypesHandler(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Re
 	}
 
 	for _, format := range arch.ListImageTypes() {
-		if !api.isImageTypeAllowed(distroName, format) {
+		imgAllowed, err := api.isImageTypeAllowed(distroName, format)
+		if err != nil {
+			errors := responseError{
+				ID:  "InternalError",
+				Msg: fmt.Sprintf("Error while checking if image type is allowed: %v", err),
+			}
+			statusResponseError(writer, http.StatusInternalServerError, errors)
+			return
+		}
+		if !imgAllowed {
 			continue
 		}
 		reply.Types = append(reply.Types, composeType{format, true})
diff --git a/internal/weldr/api_test.go b/internal/weldr/api_test.go
index dc7c028c4..c72101543 100644
--- a/internal/weldr/api_test.go
+++ b/internal/weldr/api_test.go
@@ -1691,6 +1691,26 @@ func TestComposePOST_ImageTypeDenylist(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedComposeLocal,
 			[]string{"build_id"},
 		},
+		{
+			"/api/v1/compose",
+			fmt.Sprintf(`{"blueprint_name": "test","compose_type": "%s","branch": "master"}`, test_distro.TestImageTypeName),
+			map[string][]string{fmt.Sprintf("%s*", test_distro.TestDistroName): {fmt.Sprintf("%s*", test_distro.TestImageTypeName)}},
+			http.StatusBadRequest,
+			fmt.Sprintf(`{"status":false,"errors":[{"id":"ComposeError","msg":"Failed to get compose type \"%[1]s\": image type \"%[1]s\" for distro \"%[2]s\" is denied by configuration"}]}`,
+				test_distro.TestImageTypeName, test_distro.TestDistro2Name),
+			expectedComposeLocal,
+			[]string{"build_id"},
+		},
+		{
+			"/api/v1/compose",
+			fmt.Sprintf(`{"blueprint_name": "test","compose_type": "%s","branch": "master"}`, test_distro.TestImageType2Name),
+			map[string][]string{fmt.Sprintf("%s*", test_distro.TestDistroName): {fmt.Sprintf("%s*", test_distro.TestImageTypeName)}},
+			http.StatusBadRequest,
+			fmt.Sprintf(`{"status":false,"errors":[{"id":"ComposeError","msg":"Failed to get compose type \"%[1]s\": image type \"%[1]s\" for distro \"%[2]s\" is denied by configuration"}]}`,
+				test_distro.TestImageType2Name, test_distro.TestDistro2Name),
+			expectedComposeLocal,
+			[]string{"build_id"},
+		},
 	}
 
 	tempdir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "weldr-tests-")