diff --git a/repos/os/run/test.run b/repos/os/run/test.run
index 7e924dff3..e7e9a5da5 100644
--- a/repos/os/run/test.run
+++ b/repos/os/run/test.run
@@ -273,6 +273,9 @@ proc query_expected_log_pattern { } {
 		foreach char [list {[} {]} {(} {)} {.}] {
 			regsub -all "\\$char" $line "\\$char" line }
 
+		# replace wildcards by non-greedy regexp wildcards
+		regsub -all {\*} $line {.*?} line
+
 		lappend prefixed_lines "$line.*?"
 	}