diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b88788fd..43d9ad81 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ With this example:
 
 #### releaseRules
 
-Release rules are used when deciding if the commits since the last release warrant a new release. If you define custom release rules the [default rules](lib/default-release-rules.js) will be used if nothing matched. Those rules will be matched against the commit objects resulting of [conventional-commits-parser](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/tree/master/packages/conventional-commits-parser) parsing.
+Release rules are used when deciding if the commits since the last release warrant a new release. If you define custom release rules the [default rules](lib/default-release-rules.js) will be used if nothing matched. Those rules will be matched against the commit objects resulting of [conventional-commits-parser](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/tree/master/packages/conventional-commits-parser) parsing. Each rule property can be defined as a [glob](https://github.com/micromatch/micromatch#matching-features).
 
 ##### Rules definition
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ This is an `Array` of rule objects. A rule object has a `release` property and 1
       "preset": "angular",
       "releaseRules": [
         {"type": "docs", "scope": "README", "release": "patch"},
-        {"type": "refactor", "scope": "/core-.*/", "release": "minor"},
+        {"type": "refactor", "scope": "core-*", "release": "minor"},
         {"type": "refactor", "release": "patch"}
       ]
     }],
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ See [release types](lib/default-release-types.js) for the release types hierarch
 With the previous example:
 - Commits with `type` 'docs' and `scope` 'README' will be associated with a `patch` release.
 - Commits with `type` 'refactor' and `scope` starting with 'core-' (i.e. 'core-ui', 'core-rules', ...) will be associated with a `minor` release.
-- Other commits with `type` 'refactor' (without `scope` or with a `scope` not matching the regexp `/core-.*/`) will be associated with a `patch` release.
+- Other commits with `type` 'refactor' (without `scope` or with a `scope` not matching the glob `core-*`) will be associated with a `patch` release.
 
 ##### Default rules matching
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ For example with `eslint` preset:
     ["semantic-release/commit-analyzer", {
       "preset": "eslint",
       "releaseRules": [
-        {"tag": "Docs", "message":"/README/", "release": "patch"},
+        {"tag": "Docs", "message":"*README*", "release": "patch"},
         {"type": "New", "release": "patch"}
       ]
     }],
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ With this configuration:
 // File: config/release-rules.js
 module.exports = [
   {type: 'docs', scope: 'README', release: 'patch'},
-  {type: 'refactor', scope: /core-.*/, release: 'minor'},
+  {type: 'refactor', scope: 'core-*', release: 'minor'},
   {type: 'refactor', release: 'patch'},
 ];
 ```
diff --git a/lib/analyze-commit.js b/lib/analyze-commit.js
index d5263312..dc918e1b 100644
--- a/lib/analyze-commit.js
+++ b/lib/analyze-commit.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-const {isMatchWith, isRegExp} = require('lodash');
+const {isMatchWith, isString} = require('lodash');
+const micromatch = require('micromatch');
 const debug = require('debug')('semantic-release:commit-analyzer');
 const RELEASE_TYPES = require('./default-release-types');
 const compareReleaseTypes = require('./compare-release-types');
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ module.exports = (releaseRules, commit) => {
         (!revert || commit.revert) &&
         // Otherwise match the regular rules
         isMatchWith(commit, rule, (obj, src) =>
-          /^\/.*\/$/.test(src) || isRegExp(src) ? new RegExp(/^\/(.*)\/$/.exec(src)[1]).test(obj) : undefined
+          isString(src) && isString(obj) ? micromatch.isMatch(obj, src) : undefined
         )
     )
     .every(match => {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 83de9d42..91702748 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
     "conventional-commits-parser": "^3.0.0",
     "debug": "^4.0.0",
     "import-from": "^2.1.0",
-    "lodash": "^4.17.4"
+    "lodash": "^4.17.4",
+    "micromatch": "^3.1.10"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "ava": "^0.25.0",
diff --git a/test/analyze-commit.test.js b/test/analyze-commit.test.js
index d2141f32..d6109c59 100644
--- a/test/analyze-commit.test.js
+++ b/test/analyze-commit.test.js
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ test('Match multiple criteria with revert', t => {
 });
 
 test('Match multiple criteria', t => {
-  const commit = {type: 'feat', scope: 'test'};
+  const commit = {type: 'feat', scope: 1};
 
-  t.is(analyzeCommit([{type: 'feat', scope: 'test', release: 'major'}], commit), 'major');
+  t.is(analyzeCommit([{type: 'feat', scope: 1, release: 'major'}], commit), 'major');
 });
 
 test('Match only if all criteria are verified', t => {
@@ -62,21 +62,20 @@ test('Return undefined if there is no match', t => {
   t.is(analyzeCommit([{type: 'feat', breaking: true, release: 'major'}], commit), undefined);
 });
 
-test('Match with regex', t => {
-  const rules = [{type: 'docs', scope: /test\(.*\)/, release: 'minor'}];
-  const match = {type: 'docs', scope: 'test(readme): message'};
-  const notMatch = {type: 'docs', scope: 'test2(readme): message'};
+test('Return undefined for commit with falsy properties', t => {
+  const commit = {type: null};
 
-  t.is(analyzeCommit(rules, match), 'minor');
-  t.is(analyzeCommit(rules, notMatch), undefined);
+  t.is(analyzeCommit([{type: 'feat'}], commit), undefined);
 });
 
-test('Match with regex as string', t => {
-  const rules = [{type: 'docs', scope: '/test\\(.*\\)/', release: 'minor'}];
-  const match = {type: 'docs', scope: 'test(readme): message'};
-  const notMatch = {type: 'docs', scope: 'test2(readme): message'};
+test('Match with glob', t => {
+  const rules = [{type: 'docs', scope: 'b*', release: 'minor'}];
+  const match = {type: 'docs', scope: 'bar'};
+  const match2 = {type: 'docs', scope: 'baz'};
+  const notMatch = {type: 'docs', scope: 'foo'};
 
   t.is(analyzeCommit(rules, match), 'minor');
+  t.is(analyzeCommit(rules, match2), 'minor');
   t.is(analyzeCommit(rules, notMatch), undefined);
 });
 
diff --git a/test/integration.test.js b/test/integration.test.js
index f01f7536..df4a3339 100644
--- a/test/integration.test.js
+++ b/test/integration.test.js
@@ -141,10 +141,10 @@ test('Return "patch" if there is only types set to "patch", using default releas
   t.true(t.context.log.calledWith('Analysis of %s commits complete: %s release', 2, 'patch'));
 });
 
-test('Allow to use regex in "releaseRules" configuration', async t => {
+test('Allow to use glob in "releaseRules" configuration', async t => {
   const commits = [{message: 'Chore: First chore (fixes #123)'}, {message: 'Docs: update README (fixes #456)'}];
   const releaseType = await analyzeCommits(
-    {preset: 'eslint', releaseRules: [{tag: 'Chore', release: 'patch'}, {message: '/README/', release: 'minor'}]},
+    {preset: 'eslint', releaseRules: [{tag: 'Chore', release: 'patch'}, {message: '*README*', release: 'minor'}]},
     {cwd, commits, logger: t.context.logger}
   );