diff --git a/ext/ffi/ffi.c b/ext/ffi/ffi.c
index 9c83cd4f6a5..09687644592 100644
--- a/ext/ffi/ffi.c
+++ b/ext/ffi/ffi.c
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 
+#ifdef HAVE_GLOB
+#ifdef PHP_WIN32
+#include "win32/glob.h"
+#else
+#include <glob.h>
+#endif
+#endif
+
 ZEND_DECLARE_MODULE_GLOBALS(ffi)
 
 typedef enum _zend_ffi_tag_kind {
@@ -4713,10 +4721,50 @@ ZEND_INI_BEGIN()
 	STD_ZEND_INI_ENTRY("ffi.preload", NULL, ZEND_INI_SYSTEM, OnUpdateString, preload, zend_ffi_globals, ffi_globals)
 ZEND_INI_END()
 
+static int zend_ffi_preload_glob(const char *filename) /* {{{ */
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_GLOB
+	glob_t globbuf;
+	int    ret;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	memset(&globbuf, 0, sizeof(glob_t));
+
+	ret = glob(filename, 0, NULL, &globbuf);
+#ifdef GLOB_NOMATCH
+	if (ret == GLOB_NOMATCH || !globbuf.gl_pathc) {
+#else
+	if (!globbuf.gl_pathc) {
+#endif
+		/* pass */
+	} else {
+		for(i=0 ; i<globbuf.gl_pathc; i++) {
+			zend_ffi *ffi = zend_ffi_load(globbuf.gl_pathv[i], 1);
+			if (!ffi) {
+				globfree(&globbuf);
+				return FAILURE;
+			}
+			efree(ffi);
+		}
+		globfree(&globbuf);
+	}
+#else
+	zend_ffi *ffi = zend_ffi_load(filename, 1);
+	if (!ffi) {
+		return FAILURE;
+	}
+	efree(ffi);
+#endif
+
+	return SUCCESS;
+}
+/* }}} */
+
 static int zend_ffi_preload(char *preload) /* {{{ */
 {
 	zend_ffi *ffi;
 	char *s = NULL, *e, *filename;
+	zend_bool is_glob = 0;
 
 	e = preload;
 	while (*e) {
@@ -4724,15 +4772,30 @@ static int zend_ffi_preload(char *preload) /* {{{ */
 			case ZEND_PATHS_SEPARATOR:
 				if (s) {
 					filename = estrndup(s, e-s);
-					ffi = zend_ffi_load(filename, 1);
-					efree(filename);
-					if (!ffi) {
-						return FAILURE;
-					}
-					efree(ffi);
 					s = NULL;
+					if (!is_glob) {
+						ffi = zend_ffi_load(filename, 1);
+						efree(filename);
+						if (!ffi) {
+							return FAILURE;
+						}
+						efree(ffi);
+					} else {
+						int ret = zend_ffi_preload_glob(filename);
+
+						efree(filename);
+						if (ret != SUCCESS) {
+							return FAILURE;
+						}
+						is_glob = 0;
+					}
 				}
 				break;
+			case '*':
+			case '?':
+			case '[':
+				is_glob = 1;
+				break;
 			default:
 				if (!s) {
 					s = e;
@@ -4743,12 +4806,20 @@ static int zend_ffi_preload(char *preload) /* {{{ */
 	}
 	if (s) {
 		filename = estrndup(s, e-s);
-		ffi = zend_ffi_load(filename, 1);
-		efree(filename);
-		if (!ffi) {
-			return FAILURE;
+		if (!is_glob) {
+			ffi = zend_ffi_load(filename, 1);
+			efree(filename);
+			if (!ffi) {
+				return FAILURE;
+			}
+			efree(ffi);
+		} else {
+			int ret = zend_ffi_preload_glob(filename);
+			efree(filename);
+			if (ret != SUCCESS) {
+				return FAILURE;
+			}
 		}
-		efree(ffi);
 	}
 
 	return SUCCESS;
diff --git a/ext/ffi/tests/303.phpt b/ext/ffi/tests/303.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..756adbbf401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/ffi/tests/303.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--TEST--
+FFI 303: FFI preloading flob
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php require_once('skipif.inc'); ?>
+<?php if (substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3) == 'WIN') die('skip not for Windows'); ?>
+--INI--
+ffi.enable=1
+ffi.preload={PWD}/300*.h
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$ffi = FFI::scope("TEST_300");
+$ffi->printf("Hello World from %s!\n", "PHP");
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+Hello World from PHP!
diff --git a/php.ini-development b/php.ini-development
index 186d67be6be..f67f407c0c0 100644
--- a/php.ini-development
+++ b/php.ini-development
@@ -1916,5 +1916,5 @@ ldap.max_links = -1
 ; "true"    - always enabled
 ;ffi.enable=preload
 
-; List of headers files to preload
+; List of headers files to preload, wilcards allowed.
 ;ffi.preload=
diff --git a/php.ini-production b/php.ini-production
index 60e3231c941..19a409cc7af 100644
--- a/php.ini-production
+++ b/php.ini-production
@@ -1918,5 +1918,5 @@ ldap.max_links = -1
 ; "true"    - always enabled
 ;ffi.enable=preload
 
-; List of headers files to preload
+; List of headers files to preload, wilcards allowed.
 ;ffi.preload=