diff --git a/libcutils/trace-dev.inc b/libcutils/trace-dev.inc
index 654342649..80205bc50 100644
--- a/libcutils/trace-dev.inc
+++ b/libcutils/trace-dev.inc
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <fnmatch.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <stdatomic.h>
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ static bool atrace_is_cmdline_match(const char* cmdline)
     for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
         snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "debug.atrace.app_%d", i);
         property_get(buf, value, "");
-        if (strcmp(value, "*") == 0 || strcmp(value, cmdline) == 0) {
+        if (fnmatch(value, cmdline, FNM_NOESCAPE) == 0) {
             return true;
         }
     }