diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/matchers.go b/modules/caddyhttp/matchers.go
index 9f84a90da..ca55241ef 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/matchers.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/matchers.go
@@ -343,6 +343,9 @@ outer:
 
 		host = repl.ReplaceAll(host, "")
 		if strings.Contains(host, "*") {
+				if host == "*" {
+			        return true, nil
+			    }
 			patternParts := strings.Split(host, ".")
 			incomingParts := strings.Split(reqHost, ".")
 			if len(patternParts) != len(incomingParts) {