diff --git a/extract_file b/extract_file
index dc6900e..9b14220 100644
--- a/extract_file
+++ b/extract_file
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ cd "$MYOUTDIR"
 existing_archive=$(echo $MYARCHIVE)
 if [ -e "$existing_archive" ]; then
   if [ "${existing_archive%.tar.gz}" != "$existing_archive" ]; then
-    tar xfz "$existing_archive" $MYFILES || exit 1
+    tar xfz "$existing_archive" --wildcards $MYFILES || exit 1
   elif [ "${existing_archive%.tar.bz2}" != "$existing_archive" ]; then
-    tar xfj "$existing_archive" $MYFILES || exit 1
+    tar xfj "$existing_archive" --wildcards $MYFILES || exit 1
   elif [ "${existing_archive%.tar.xz}" != "$existing_archive" ]; then
-    tar xfJ "$existing_archive" $MYFILES || exit 1
+    tar xfJ "$existing_archive" --wildcards $MYFILES || exit 1
   elif [ "${existing_archive%.tar}" != "$existing_archive" ]; then
-    tar xf "$existing_archive" $MYFILES || exit 1
+    tar xf "$existing_archive" --wildcards $MYFILES || exit 1
   elif [ "${existing_archive%.zip}" != "$existing_archive" ]; then
     unzip "$existing_archive" $MYFILES || exit 1
   else
diff --git a/obs-service-extract_file.changes b/obs-service-extract_file.changes
index b52a452..9a075e8 100644
--- a/obs-service-extract_file.changes
+++ b/obs-service-extract_file.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Apr 27 21:36:13 UTC 2011 - dibo@users.sourceforge.net
+
+- added posibility to use wildcards in extracted file names
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb 23 15:36:13 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de