diff --git a/etherdump/commands/pull.py b/etherdump/commands/pull.py
index 7eae85c..b506656 100644
--- a/etherdump/commands/pull.py
+++ b/etherdump/commands/pull.py
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ from etherdump.commands.common import *
 from time import sleep
 from etherdump.commands.html5tidy import html5tidy
 import html5lib
-from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET 
+from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
+from fnmatch import fnmatch
+
 # debugging
 # import ElementTree as ET 
 
@@ -41,7 +43,10 @@ def try_deleting (files):
 
 def main (args):
     p = ArgumentParser("Check for pads that have changed since last sync (according to .meta.json)")
+
     p.add_argument("padid", nargs="*", default=[])
+    p.add_argument("--glob", default=False, help="download pads matching a glob pattern")
+
     p.add_argument("--padinfo", default=".etherdump/settings.json", help="settings, default: .etherdump/settings.json")
     p.add_argument("--zerorevs", default=False, action="store_true", help="include pads with zero revisions, default: False (i.e. pads with no revisions are skipped)")
     p.add_argument("--pub", default="p", help="folder to store files for public pads, default: p")
@@ -76,7 +81,10 @@ def main (args):
     data['apikey'] = info['apikey']
 
     if args.padid:
-        padids = args.padid 
+        padids = args.padid
+    elif args.glob:
+        padids = getjson(info['apiurl']+'listAllPads?'+urlencode(data))['data']['padIDs']
+        padids = [x for x in padids if fnmatch(x, args.glob)]
     else:
         padids = getjson(info['apiurl']+'listAllPads?'+urlencode(data))['data']['padIDs']
     padids.sort()