diff --git a/docs/reference/docs/termvectors.asciidoc b/docs/reference/docs/termvectors.asciidoc
index 7a19c2ead23..fabd014bafd 100644
--- a/docs/reference/docs/termvectors.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/docs/termvectors.asciidoc
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/1/_termvector?fields=text,...'
 --------------------------------------------------
 
 or by adding the requested fields in the request body (see
-example below).
+example below). Fields can also be specified with wildcards
+in similar way to the <<query-dsl-multi-match-query,multi match query>> added[1.4.0].
 
 [float]
 === Return values
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvector/MultiTermVectorsRequest.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvector/MultiTermVectorsRequest.java
index cf048bd5af5..d2a0467d47e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvector/MultiTermVectorsRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvector/MultiTermVectorsRequest.java
@@ -75,9 +75,7 @@ public class MultiTermVectorsRequest extends ActionRequest<MultiTermVectorsReque
         return requests;
     }
 
-    public void add(TermVectorRequest template, BytesReference data)
-            throws Exception {
-
+    public void add(TermVectorRequest template, BytesReference data) throws Exception {
         XContentParser.Token token;
         String currentFieldName = null;
         if (data.length() > 0) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvector/TermVectorRequest.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvector/TermVectorRequest.java
index ce46d1b6e18..577458d9bef 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvector/TermVectorRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvector/TermVectorRequest.java
@@ -358,7 +358,6 @@ public class TermVectorRequest extends SingleShardOperationRequest<TermVectorReq
                 currentFieldName = parser.currentName();
             } else if (currentFieldName != null) {
                 if (currentFieldName.equals("fields")) {
-
                     if (token == XContentParser.Token.START_ARRAY) {
                         while (parser.nextToken() != XContentParser.Token.END_ARRAY) {
                             fields.add(parser.text());
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/termvectors/ShardTermVectorService.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/termvectors/ShardTermVectorService.java
index 2ed0c88e72b..66fa992d847 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/termvectors/ShardTermVectorService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/termvectors/ShardTermVectorService.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.termvector.TermVectorResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.uid.Versions;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.regex.Regex;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.engine.Engine;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.get.GetField;
@@ -71,8 +72,12 @@ public class ShardTermVectorService extends AbstractIndexShardComponent {
             Fields topLevelFields = MultiFields.getFields(topLevelReader);
             Versions.DocIdAndVersion docIdAndVersion = Versions.loadDocIdAndVersion(topLevelReader, uidTerm);
             if (docIdAndVersion != null) {
-                Fields termVectorsByField = docIdAndVersion.context.reader().getTermVectors(docIdAndVersion.docId);
+                /* handle potential wildcards in fields */
+                if (request.selectedFields() != null) {
+                    handleFieldWildcards(request);
+                }
                 /* generate term vectors if not available */
+                Fields termVectorsByField = docIdAndVersion.context.reader().getTermVectors(docIdAndVersion.docId);
                 if (request.selectedFields() != null) {
                     termVectorsByField = generateTermVectorsIfNeeded(termVectorsByField, request, uidTerm, false);
                 }
@@ -90,6 +95,14 @@ public class ShardTermVectorService extends AbstractIndexShardComponent {
         return termVectorResponse;
     }
 
+    private void handleFieldWildcards(TermVectorRequest request) {
+        Set<String> fieldNames = new HashSet<>();
+        for (String pattern : request.selectedFields()) {
+            fieldNames.addAll(indexShard.mapperService().simpleMatchToIndexNames(pattern));
+        }
+        request.selectedFields(fieldNames.toArray(Strings.EMPTY_ARRAY));
+    }
+
     private Fields generateTermVectorsIfNeeded(Fields termVectorsByField, TermVectorRequest request, Term uidTerm, boolean realTime) throws IOException {
         List<String> validFields = new ArrayList<>();
         for (String field : request.selectedFields()) {
@@ -187,4 +200,5 @@ public class ShardTermVectorService extends AbstractIndexShardComponent {
             return fields.size();
         }
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvector/GetTermVectorTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvector/GetTermVectorTests.java
index 653ce09a950..38c0489bc78 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvector/GetTermVectorTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvector/GetTermVectorTests.java
@@ -740,4 +740,31 @@ public class GetTermVectorTests extends AbstractTermVectorTests {
         assertThat(iter0.next(), nullValue());
         assertThat(iter1.next(), nullValue());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimpleWildCards() throws ElasticsearchException, IOException {
+        int numFields = 25;
+
+        XContentBuilder mapping = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder().startObject().startObject("type1").startObject("properties");
+        XContentBuilder source = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder().startObject();
+        for (int i = 0; i < numFields; i++) {
+            mapping.startObject("field" + i)
+                    .field("type", "string")
+                    .field("term_vector", randomBoolean() ? "yes" : "no")
+                    .endObject();
+            source.field("field" + i, "some text here");
+        }
+        source.endObject();
+        mapping.endObject().endObject().endObject();
+
+        assertAcked(prepareCreate("test").addMapping("type1", mapping));
+        ensureGreen();
+
+        client().prepareIndex("test", "type1", "0").setSource(source).get();
+        refresh();
+
+        TermVectorResponse response = client().prepareTermVector("test", "type1", "0").setSelectedFields("field*").get();
+        assertThat("Doc doesn't exists but should", response.isExists(), equalTo(true));
+        assertThat("All term vectors should have been generated", response.getFields().size(), equalTo(numFields));
+    }
 }