diff --git a/src/HydratorManager.php b/src/HydratorManager.php
index b343827..c7438ca 100644
--- a/src/HydratorManager.php
+++ b/src/HydratorManager.php
@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ public function extract(mixed $class, ?string $overrideHydrator = null): Collect
         }
 
         if (! $overrideHydrator && ! isset($this->classHydrators[get_class($class)])) {
-            throw new Exception\NoHydrator(get_class($class));
+            if (! isset($this->classHydrators['*']) || ! $this->classHydrators['*']) {
+                throw new Exception\NoHydrator(get_class($class));
+            }
+
+            $overrideHydrator = $this->classHydrators['*'];
         }
 
         // Use DI for hydrators
diff --git a/test/HydratorManagerTest.php b/test/HydratorManagerTest.php
index 37b09c0..ee825ee 100644
--- a/test/HydratorManagerTest.php
+++ b/test/HydratorManagerTest.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use ApiSkeletons\Laravel\HAL\Exception\NoHydrator;
 use ApiSkeletons\Laravel\HAL\Resource;
 use ApiSkeletonsTest\Laravel\HAL\Hydrator\DiHydrator;
+use ApiSkeletonsTest\Laravel\HAL\Hydrator\WildcardHydrator;
 use ApiSkeletonsTest\Laravel\HAL\Model\User;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Application;
 use Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator;
@@ -78,6 +79,21 @@ public function testNoHydratorInExtract(): void
         $hydratorManager->extract($invalid);
     }
 
+    public function testWildcardHydrator(): void
+    {
+        $hydratorManager = new WildcardHydratorManager();
+        $user            = new User();
+        $user->id        = 1;
+        $user->name      = 'Test';
+        $user->email     = 'testing@test.net';
+
+        $resource = $hydratorManager->extract($user);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Resource::class, $resource);
+
+        $array = $resource->toArray();
+        $this->assertEquals(User::class, $array['class']);
+    }
+
     public function testExtractCollection(): void
     {
         $hydratorManager = new HydratorManager();
diff --git a/test/src/Hydrator/WildcardHydrator.php b/test/src/Hydrator/WildcardHydrator.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7eadad6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/Hydrator/WildcardHydrator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ApiSkeletonsTest\Laravel\HAL\Hydrator;
+
+use ApiSkeletons\Laravel\HAL\Hydrator;
+use ApiSkeletons\Laravel\HAL\Resource;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Application;
+
+use function get_class;
+
+final class WildcardHydrator extends Hydrator
+{
+    private Application $app;
+
+    public function __construct(Application $app)
+    {
+        $this->app = $app;
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritdoc} */
+    public function extract($class): Resource
+    {
+        $data = [
+            'class' => get_class($class),
+        ];
+
+        return $this->hydratorManager->resource($data);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/src/WildcardHydratorManager.php b/test/src/WildcardHydratorManager.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74d1b2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/WildcardHydratorManager.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ApiSkeletonsTest\Laravel\HAL;
+
+use ApiSkeletons\Laravel\HAL\HydratorManager as HalHydratorManager;
+
+final class WildcardHydratorManager extends HalHydratorManager
+{
+    /** {@inheritdoc} */
+    protected array $classHydrators = [
+        '*' => Hydrator\WildcardHydrator::class,
+    ];
+}