diff --git a/src/mono/mono/metadata/debug-helpers.c b/src/mono/mono/metadata/debug-helpers.c
index 2eddf8a35103a..c294477458f23 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/metadata/debug-helpers.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/metadata/debug-helpers.c
@@ -470,6 +470,13 @@ mono_method_desc_match (MonoMethodDesc *desc, MonoMethod *method)
 	char *sig;
 	gboolean name_match;
 
+	if (desc->name_glob && !strcmp (desc->name, "*"))
+		return TRUE;
+#if 0
+	/* FIXME: implement g_pattern_match_simple in eglib */
+	if (desc->name_glob && g_pattern_match_simple (desc->name, method->name))
+		return TRUE;
+#endif
 	name_match = strcmp (desc->name, method->name) == 0;
 	if (!name_match)
 		return FALSE;
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/mini/mini.c b/src/mono/mono/mini/mini.c
index 0ad288fd0fca4..c9486dce45c48 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/mini/mini.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/mini/mini.c
@@ -3403,7 +3403,7 @@ mini_method_compile (MonoMethod *method, guint32 opts, JitFlags flags, int parts
 		for (i = 0; verbose_method_names [i] != NULL; i++){
 			const char *name = verbose_method_names [i];
 
-			if ((strchr (name, '.') > name) || strchr (name, ':')) {
+			if ((strchr (name, '.') > name) || strchr (name, ':') || strchr (name, '*')) {
 				MonoMethodDesc *desc;
 				
 				desc = mono_method_desc_new (name, TRUE);