diff --git a/dlls/urlmon/tests/uri.c b/dlls/urlmon/tests/uri.c
index 26c0c857156..07b22cc47fd 100644
--- a/dlls/urlmon/tests/uri.c
+++ b/dlls/urlmon/tests/uri.c
@@ -684,6 +684,90 @@ static const uri_properties uri_tests[] = {
             {URLZONE_INVALID,E_NOTIMPL,FALSE}
         }
     },
+    /* Valid since the '*' is the only character in the scheme name. */
+    {   "*:www.winehq.org/test", 0, S_OK, FALSE,
+        Uri_HAS_ABSOLUTE_URI|Uri_HAS_AUTHORITY|Uri_HAS_DISPLAY_URI|Uri_HAS_DOMAIN|Uri_HAS_HOST|
+        Uri_HAS_PATH|Uri_HAS_PATH_AND_QUERY|Uri_HAS_RAW_URI|Uri_HAS_SCHEME_NAME|Uri_HAS_HOST_TYPE|
+        Uri_HAS_SCHEME,
+        TRUE,
+        {
+            {"*:www.winehq.org/test",S_OK,TRUE},
+            {"www.winehq.org",S_OK,TRUE},
+            {"*:www.winehq.org/test",S_OK,TRUE},
+            {"winehq.org",S_OK,TRUE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,TRUE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,TRUE},
+            {"www.winehq.org",S_OK,TRUE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,TRUE},
+            {"/test",S_OK,TRUE},
+            {"/test",S_OK,TRUE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,TRUE},
+            {"*:www.winehq.org/test",S_OK,FALSE},
+            {"*",S_OK,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,TRUE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,TRUE}
+        },
+        {
+            {Uri_HOST_DNS,S_OK,TRUE},
+            {0,S_FALSE,TRUE},
+            {URL_SCHEME_WILDCARD,S_OK,FALSE},
+            {URLZONE_INVALID,E_NOTIMPL,FALSE}
+        }
+    },
+    /* Not valid since a '*' is only allowed to appear if its the only character in scheme. */
+    {   "*abcd://not.valid.com", 0, E_INVALIDARG, FALSE,
+        0, TRUE,
+        {
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE}
+        },
+        {
+            {Uri_HOST_UNKNOWN,S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {0,S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {URL_SCHEME_INVALID,S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {URLZONE_INVALID,E_NOTIMPL,FALSE}
+        }
+    },
+    /* Not valid since a '*' is only allowed to appear if its the only character in scheme. */
+    {   "*a*b*c*d://not.valid.com", 0, E_INVALIDARG, FALSE,
+        0, TRUE,
+        {
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {"",S_FALSE,FALSE}
+        },
+        {
+            {Uri_HOST_UNKNOWN,S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {0,S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {URL_SCHEME_INVALID,S_FALSE,FALSE},
+            {URLZONE_INVALID,E_NOTIMPL,FALSE}
+        }
+    },
     {   "/../some dir/test.ext", Uri_CREATE_ALLOW_RELATIVE, S_OK, FALSE,
         Uri_HAS_ABSOLUTE_URI|Uri_HAS_DISPLAY_URI|Uri_HAS_EXTENSION|Uri_HAS_PATH|
         Uri_HAS_PATH_AND_QUERY|Uri_HAS_RAW_URI|Uri_HAS_HOST_TYPE|Uri_HAS_SCHEME,
diff --git a/dlls/urlmon/uri.c b/dlls/urlmon/uri.c
index 36ba81cf03e..06f8872ef6f 100644
--- a/dlls/urlmon/uri.c
+++ b/dlls/urlmon/uri.c
@@ -116,7 +116,13 @@ static BOOL parse_scheme_name(const WCHAR **ptr, parse_data *data) {
     data->scheme_len = 0;
 
     while(**ptr) {
-        if(!is_num(**ptr) && !is_alpha(**ptr) && **ptr != '+' &&
+        if(**ptr == '*' && *ptr == start) {
+            /* Might have found a wildcard scheme. If it is the next
+             * char has to be a ':' for it to be a valid URI
+             */
+            ++(*ptr);
+            break;
+        } else if(!is_num(**ptr) && !is_alpha(**ptr) && **ptr != '+' &&
            **ptr != '-' && **ptr != '.')
             break;