diff --git a/lib/model.js b/lib/model.js
index cf2d458..329233c 100644
--- a/lib/model.js
+++ b/lib/model.js
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ var IndexModel = Model.extend({
         return !!this.extra.textIndexVersion;
       }
     },
+    wildcard: {
+      deps: ['extra', 'key'],
+      fn: function() {
+        return _.keys(this.key).some(function(k) {
+          return k === '$**' || k.indexOf('.$**') > -1;
+        });
+      }
+    },
     collation: {
       deps: ['extra'],
       fn: function() {
@@ -96,7 +104,7 @@ var IndexModel = Model.extend({
       }
     },
     type: {
-      deps: ['geo', 'hashed', 'text'],
+      deps: ['geo', 'hashed', 'text', 'wildcard'],
       fn: function() {
         if (this.geo) {
           return 'geospatial';
@@ -107,6 +115,9 @@ var IndexModel = Model.extend({
         if (this.text) {
           return 'text';
         }
+        if (this.wildcard) {
+          return 'wildcard';
+        }
         return 'regular';
       }
     },
diff --git a/lib/warnings.js b/lib/warnings.js
index b35b41b..b7a0258 100644
--- a/lib/warnings.js
+++ b/lib/warnings.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var WARNINGS = {
  *
  * @type {string[]}
  */
-var VALID_INDEX_TYPE_VALUES = [1, -1, '2dsphere', '2d', 'geoHaystack', 'text', 'hashed'];
+var VALID_INDEX_TYPE_VALUES = [1, -1, '2dsphere', '2d', 'geoHaystack', 'text', 'hashed', 'wildcard'];
 
 var WarningModel = Model.extend({
   idAttribute: 'code',
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 042e1aa..4bf30fc 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -4737,7 +4737,7 @@
         "lodash.defaults": "^4.2.0",
         "lodash.uniq": "^4.5.0",
         "minimist": "^1.2.0",
-        "pre-commit": "github:mongodb-js/pre-commit#f4158768a7ef58b46808cc09a6f6a0994c0baa67",
+        "pre-commit": "github:mongodb-js/pre-commit",
         "precinct": "^6.1.0"
       },
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/test/fixture.js b/test/fixture.js
index b7352d6..255011b 100644
--- a/test/fixture.js
+++ b/test/fixture.js
@@ -90,5 +90,33 @@ module.exports = [
     },
     'name': 'big-index',
     'ns': 'mongodb.fanclub'
+  },
+  {
+    'v': 1,
+    'key': {
+      'address.$**': 1
+    },
+    'name': 'wildcard_single_subtree',
+    'ns': 'mongodb.fanclub'
+  },
+  {
+    'v': 1,
+    'key': {
+      '$**': 1
+    },
+    'name': 'wildcard_multi_subtree',
+    'wildcardProjection': {
+      'borough': 1,
+      'cuisine': 1
+    },
+    'ns': 'mongodb.fanclub'
+  },
+  {
+    'v': 1,
+    'key': {
+      'name$**': 1
+    },
+    'name': 'not_wildcard',
+    'ns': 'mongodb.fanclub'
   }
 ];
diff --git a/test/index.test.js b/test/index.test.js
index 115688f..ff1f278 100644
--- a/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/index.test.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ describe('mongodb-index-model', function() {
 
   context('IndexModel', function() {
     it('should have all indexes in the collection', function() {
-      assert.equal(indexes.length, 9);
+      assert.equal(indexes.length, 12);
     });
 
     it('should get the names right', function() {
@@ -27,8 +27,12 @@ describe('mongodb-index-model', function() {
         'email_1_favorite_features_1',
         'last_login_-1',
         'last_position_2dsphere',
+        'not_wildcard',
         'seniors',
-        'seniors-inverse']);
+        'seniors-inverse',
+        'wildcard_multi_subtree',
+        'wildcard_single_subtree'
+      ]);
     });
 
     it('should have the correct namespace', function() {
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ describe('mongodb-index-model', function() {
       assert.equal(index.hashed, false);
       assert.equal(index.geo, false);
       assert.equal(index.compound, false);
-      assert.equal(index.geo, false);
+      assert.equal(index.wildcard, false);
       assert.equal(index.partial, false);
       assert.equal(index.collation, false);
     });
@@ -60,6 +64,18 @@ describe('mongodb-index-model', function() {
       assert.equal(indexes.get('last_position_2dsphere', 'name').geo, true);
     });
 
+    it('should recognize single wildcard indexes', function() {
+      assert.equal(indexes.get('wildcard_single_subtree', 'name').wildcard, true);
+    });
+
+    it('should recognize multi subtree wildcard indexes', function() {
+      assert.equal(indexes.get('wildcard_multi_subtree', 'name').wildcard, true);
+    });
+
+    it('should not recognize indexes with $** as wildcard', function() {
+      assert.equal(indexes.get('not_wildcard', 'name').wildcard, false);
+    });
+
     it('should recognize compound indexes', function() {
       assert.equal(indexes.get('email_1_favorite_features_1', 'name').compound, true);
     });
@@ -107,6 +123,7 @@ describe('mongodb-index-model', function() {
       assert.ok('ttl' in index);
       assert.ok('hashed' in index);
       assert.ok('geo' in index);
+      assert.ok('wildcard' in index);
       assert.ok('compound' in index);
       assert.ok('partial' in index);
       assert.ok('text' in index);