diff --git a/src/main/java/me/itzg/helpers/files/Manifests.java b/src/main/java/me/itzg/helpers/files/Manifests.java
index 5bdc10e3..4c00691a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/itzg/helpers/files/Manifests.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/itzg/helpers/files/Manifests.java
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.FileSystem;
+import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.PathMatcher;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -121,13 +125,29 @@ public static boolean allFilesPresent(Path basePath, BaseManifest manifest) {
      * @param ignoreMissingFiles relative paths of files to ignore if they're missing
      */
     public static boolean allFilesPresent(Path basePath, BaseManifest manifest, @Nullable List<String> ignoreMissingFiles) {
+        if (ignoreMissingFiles == null || ignoreMissingFiles.isEmpty()) {
+            return manifest.getFiles().stream()
+                .allMatch(p -> Files.exists(basePath.resolve(p)));
+        }
+
+        if (ignoreMissingFiles.stream().anyMatch(s -> s.equals("*"))) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        FileSystem fs = FileSystems.getDefault();
+        List<PathMatcher> matchers = ignoreMissingFiles.stream()
+            .map(pattern -> fs.getPathMatcher("glob:" + pattern))
+            .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
         return manifest.getFiles().stream()
-            .allMatch(p ->
-                    (ignoreMissingFiles != null && ignoreMissingFiles.contains(p))
-                || Files.exists(basePath.resolve(p))
-            );
+            .allMatch(p -> {
+                Path file = Paths.get(p);
+                boolean ignored = matchers.stream().anyMatch(m -> m.matches(file));
+                return ignored || Files.exists(basePath.resolve(p));
+            });
     }
 
+
     /**
      *
      * @param outputDir directory where manifest and other module files are based
diff --git a/src/test/java/me/itzg/helpers/files/ManifestsTest.java b/src/test/java/me/itzg/helpers/files/ManifestsTest.java
index 793e9732..ccbc25f9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/me/itzg/helpers/files/ManifestsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/me/itzg/helpers/files/ManifestsTest.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
@@ -13,14 +14,13 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 
-class ManifestsTest {
+public class ManifestsTest {
 
     @TempDir
     Path tempDir;
 
     @Getter @SuperBuilder @Jacksonized
     static class EmptyManifest extends BaseManifest {
-
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -33,4 +33,39 @@ void loadFailsGracefullyWhenInvalid() throws IOException {
         final EmptyManifest manifest = Manifests.load(tempDir, id, EmptyManifest.class);
         assertThat(manifest).isNull();
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+    @Test
+    void allFilesPresent_withWildcardIgnoreAll() {
+        EmptyManifest manifest = EmptyManifest.builder()
+            .files(Arrays.asList("a.jar", "b.jar"))
+            .build();
+
+        boolean result = Manifests.allFilesPresent(tempDir, manifest, Collections.singletonList("*"));
+        assertThat(result).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void allFilesPresent_withGlobPattern() throws IOException {
+        Files.createDirectories(tempDir.resolve("mods"));
+        Files.createFile(tempDir.resolve("mods/present.jar"));
+
+        EmptyManifest manifest = EmptyManifest.builder()
+            .files(Arrays.asList("mods/present.jar", "mods/missing.jar"))
+            .build();
+
+        boolean result = Manifests.allFilesPresent(tempDir, manifest, Collections.singletonList("mods/*.jar"));
+        assertThat(result).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void allFilesPresent_withExplicitFileNames() throws IOException {
+        Files.createFile(tempDir.resolve("keep.jar"));
+
+        EmptyManifest manifest = EmptyManifest.builder()
+            .files(Arrays.asList("keep.jar", "remove.jar"))
+            .build();
+
+        boolean result = Manifests.allFilesPresent(tempDir, manifest, Collections.singletonList("remove.jar"));
+        assertThat(result).isTrue();
+    }
+}