diff --git a/clearml/binding/frameworks/__init__.py b/clearml/binding/frameworks/__init__.py
index 90c1a140..8b59716d 100644
--- a/clearml/binding/frameworks/__init__.py
+++ b/clearml/binding/frameworks/__init__.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class WeightsFileHandler(object):
     _model_store_lookup_lock = threading.Lock()
     _model_pre_callbacks = {}
     _model_post_callbacks = {}
+    model_wildcards = {}
 
     class CallbackType(Enum):
         def __str__(self):
diff --git a/clearml/model.py b/clearml/model.py
index fec0dcfe..cd601a43 100644
--- a/clearml/model.py
+++ b/clearml/model.py
@@ -83,6 +83,28 @@ class Framework(Options):
         '.cbm': (catboost, ),
     }
 
+    __parent_mapping = {
+        "tensorflow": (
+            tensorflow,
+            tensorflowjs,
+            tensorflowlite,
+            keras,
+        ),
+        "pytorch": (pytorch,),
+        "xgboost": (xgboost,),
+        "lightgbm": (lightgbm,),
+        "catboost": (catboost,),
+        "joblib": (scikitlearn, xgboost)
+    }
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_framework_parents(cls, framework):
+        parents = []
+        for k, v in cls.__parent_mapping.items():
+            if framework in v:
+                parents.append(k)
+        return parents
+
     @classmethod
     def _get_file_ext(cls, framework, filename):
         mapping = cls.__file_extensions_mapping
diff --git a/clearml/task.py b/clearml/task.py
index 4eac49a5..17e4f461 100644
--- a/clearml/task.py
+++ b/clearml/task.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ from .binding.hydra_bind import PatchHydra
 from .binding.click_bind import PatchClick
 from .binding.fire_bind import PatchFire
 from .binding.jsonargs_bind import PatchJsonArgParse
+from .binding.frameworks import WeightsFileHandler
 from .config import (
     config, DEV_TASK_NO_REUSE, get_is_master_node, DEBUG_SIMULATE_REMOTE_TASK, DEV_DEFAULT_OUTPUT_URI,
     deferred_config, TASK_SET_ITERATION_OFFSET, )
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ from .config.cache import SessionCache
 from .debugging.log import LoggerRoot
 from .errors import UsageError
 from .logger import Logger
-from .model import Model, InputModel, OutputModel
+from .model import Model, InputModel, OutputModel, Framework
 from .task_parameters import TaskParameters
 from .utilities.config import verify_basic_value
 from .binding.args import (
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ from .utilities.resource_monitor import ResourceMonitor
 from .utilities.seed import make_deterministic
 from .utilities.lowlevel.threads import get_current_thread_id
 from .utilities.process.mp import BackgroundMonitor, leave_process
+from .utilities.matching import matches_any_wildcard
 # noinspection PyProtectedMember
 from .backend_interface.task.args import _Arguments
 
@@ -364,7 +366,9 @@ class Task(_Task):
             - ``True`` - Automatically connect (default)
             - ``False`` - Do not automatically connect
             - A dictionary - In addition to a boolean, you can use a dictionary for fined grained control of connected
-                frameworks. The dictionary keys are frameworks and the values are booleans.
+                frameworks. The dictionary keys are frameworks and values are booleans or wildcard strings.
+                In case of wildcard strings, the local path of models have to match at least one wildcard to be
+                saved/loaded by ClearML.
                 Keys missing from the dictionary default to ``True``, and an empty dictionary defaults to ``False``.
 
             For example:
@@ -372,8 +376,8 @@ class Task(_Task):
             .. code-block:: py
 
                auto_connect_frameworks={
-                   'matplotlib': True, 'tensorflow': True, 'tensorboard': True, 'pytorch': True,
-                   'xgboost': True, 'scikit': True, 'fastai': True,
+                   'matplotlib': True, 'tensorflow': ['*.hdf5, 'something_else*], 'tensorboard': True,
+                   'pytorch': ['*.pt'], 'xgboost': True, 'scikit': True, 'fastai': True,
                    'lightgbm': True, 'hydra': True, 'detect_repository': True, 'tfdefines': True,
                    'joblib': True, 'megengine': True, 'catboost': True
                }
@@ -599,6 +603,7 @@ class Task(_Task):
                     task, report_mem_used_per_process=not config.get(
                         'development.worker.report_global_mem_used', False))
                 task._resource_monitor.start()
+            cls.__add_model_wildcards(auto_connect_frameworks)
 
             # make sure all random generators are initialized with new seed
             make_deterministic(task.get_random_seed())
@@ -3818,6 +3823,28 @@ class Task(_Task):
             return True
         return False
 
+    @classmethod
+    def __add_model_wildcards(cls, auto_connect_frameworks):
+        if isinstance(auto_connect_frameworks, dict):
+            for k, v in auto_connect_frameworks.items():
+                if isinstance(v, str):
+                    v = [v]
+                if isinstance(v, list):
+                    WeightsFileHandler.model_wildcards[k] = v
+
+        def callback(_, model_info):
+            parents = Framework.get_framework_parents(model_info.framework)
+            wildcards = []
+            for parent in parents:
+                wildcards.extend(WeightsFileHandler.model_wildcards[parent])
+            if not wildcards:
+                return model_info
+            if not matches_any_wildcard(model_info.local_model_path, wildcards):
+                return None
+            return model_info
+
+        WeightsFileHandler.add_pre_callback(callback)
+
     def __getstate__(self):
         # type: () -> dict
         return {'main': self.is_main_task(), 'id': self.id, 'offline': self.is_offline()}
diff --git a/clearml/utilities/matching.py b/clearml/utilities/matching.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..47824986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clearml/utilities/matching.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import fnmatch
+from typing import Union
+
+
+def matches_any_wildcard(pattern, wildcards):
+    # type: (str, Union[str, list]) -> bool
+    """
+    Checks if given pattern matches any supplied wildcard
+
+    :param pattern: pattern to check
+    :param wildcards: wildcards to check against
+
+    :return: True if pattern matches any wildcard and False otherwise
+    """
+    if isinstance(wildcards, str):
+        wildcards = [wildcards]
+    for wildcard in wildcards:
+        if fnmatch.fnmatch(pattern, wildcard):
+            return True
+    return False