diff --git a/src/deps.d b/src/deps.d
index 902434f..d32f624 100644
--- a/src/deps.d
+++ b/src/deps.d
@@ -6,7 +6,34 @@ import std.stdio;
 import std.typecons;
 version (unittest) import unit_threaded;
 
-alias Dependency = Tuple!(string, "client", string, "supplier");
+struct Element
+{
+    string name;
+
+    Flag!"recursive" recursive;
+
+    int opCmp(const ref Element other) const
+    {
+        return tuple(this.name, this.recursive).opCmp(tuple(other.name, other.recursive));
+    }
+
+    string toLabel() const
+    {
+        return this.recursive ? (this.name ~ ".*") : this.name;
+    }
+
+    string toPackage() const
+    {
+        return this.recursive ? (this.name ~ ".all") : this.name;
+    }
+
+    string toString() const
+    {
+        return toPackage;
+    }
+}
+
+alias Dependency = Tuple!(Element, "client", Element, "supplier");
 
 auto moduleDependencies(alias predicate)(File file)
 {
@@ -14,7 +41,9 @@ auto moduleDependencies(alias predicate)(File file)
 
     return reader(file.byLine)
         .filter!predicate
-        .map!(dependency => Dependency(dependency.client.name, dependency.supplier.name));
+        .map!(dependency => Dependency(
+            Element(dependency.client.name, No.recursive),
+            Element(dependency.supplier.name, No.recursive)));
 }
 
 auto reader(R)(R input)
diff --git a/src/graph.d b/src/graph.d
index cc265b1..0485d3a 100644
--- a/src/graph.d
+++ b/src/graph.d
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 module graph;
 
+import deps : Dependency, Element;
 import std.algorithm;
 import std.range;
 import std.typecons;
 version (unittest) import unit_threaded;
 
-alias Dependency = Tuple!(string, "client", string, "supplier");
-
 void write(Output)(auto ref Output output, const Dependency[] dependencies)
 {
     import std.format : formattedWrite;
@@ -15,12 +14,12 @@ void write(Output)(auto ref Output output, const Dependency[] dependencies)
     output.put("node [shape=box];\n");
     foreach (element; dependencies.elements)
     {
-        output.formattedWrite!(`"%s"`)(element);
+        output.formattedWrite!(`"%s"`)(element.name);
         output.put('\n');
     }
     foreach (dependency; dependencies)
     {
-        output.formattedWrite!(`"%s" -> "%s"`)(dependency.client, dependency.supplier);
+        output.formattedWrite!`"%s" -> "%s"`(dependency.client, dependency.supplier);
         output.put('\n');
     }
     output.put("}\n");
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ unittest
     import std.string : outdent, stripLeft;
 
     auto output = appender!string;
-    const dependencies = [Dependency("a", "b")];
+    const dependencies = [Dependency(Element("a", No.recursive), Element("b", No.recursive))];
 
     output.write(dependencies);
 
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ unittest
 
 void transitiveClosure(ref Dependency[] dependencies)
 {
-    string[] elements = dependencies.elements;
+    Element[] elements = dependencies.elements;
 
     foreach (element; elements)
         foreach (client; elements)
@@ -63,10 +62,10 @@ void transitiveClosure(ref Dependency[] dependencies)
 
 Dependency[] transitiveReduction(ref Dependency[] dependencies)
 {
-    bool[string] mark = null;
+    bool[Element] mark = null;
     Dependency[] cyclicDependencies = null;
 
-    void traverse(string node)
+    void traverse(Element node)
     {
         import std.array : array;
 
@@ -101,26 +100,29 @@ Dependency[] transitiveReduction(ref Dependency[] dependencies)
 @("apply transitive reduction")
 unittest
 {
-    auto dependencies = [Dependency("a", "b"), Dependency("b", "c"), Dependency("a", "c")];
+    auto dependencies = [dependency("a", "b"), dependency("b", "c"), dependency("a", "c")];
     auto cyclicDependencies = transitiveReduction(dependencies);
 
-    dependencies.should.be == [Dependency("a", "b"), Dependency("b", "c")];
+    dependencies.should.be == [dependency("a", "b"), dependency("b", "c")];
     cyclicDependencies.shouldBeEmpty;
 }
 
 @("apply transitive reduction to cyclic dependencies")
 unittest
 {
-    auto dependencies = [Dependency("a", "b"), Dependency("b", "c"), Dependency("c", "a")];
+    auto dependencies = [dependency("a", "b"), dependency("b", "c"), dependency("c", "a")];
     auto cyclicDependencies = transitiveReduction(dependencies);
 
-    dependencies.should.be == [Dependency("a", "b"), Dependency("b", "c"), Dependency("c", "a")];
+    dependencies.should.be == [dependency("a", "b"), dependency("b", "c"), dependency("c", "a")];
     cyclicDependencies.sort.should.be == dependencies;
 }
 
-string[] elements(in Dependency[] dependencies)
+private alias dependency = (client, supplier) =>
+    Dependency(Element(client, No.recursive), Element(supplier, No.recursive));
+
+Element[] elements(in Dependency[] dependencies)
 {
-    string[] elements = null;
+    Element[] elements = null;
 
     foreach (dependency; dependencies)
     {
diff --git a/src/main.d b/src/main.d
index 6ad8399..5e1dcfa 100644
--- a/src/main.d
+++ b/src/main.d
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import std.regex;
 import std.stdio;
 import std.typecons;
 import uml;
+import util;
 
 void main(string[] args)
 {
@@ -95,11 +96,33 @@ void main(string[] args)
                     dependency = Dependency(client, supplier);
                 else
                 {
-                    dependency = Dependency(client.packages, supplier.packages);
-                    if (dependency.client.empty || dependency.supplier.empty || dependency.client == dependency.supplier)
+                    dependency = Dependency(
+                        Element(client.name.packages, No.recursive),
+                        Element(supplier.name.packages, No.recursive));
+                    if (dependency.client.name.empty || dependency.supplier.name.empty ||
+                        dependency.client == dependency.supplier)
                         continue;
                 }
-                if (!targetDependencies.canFind(dependency))
+                bool matchDependency(const Dependency targetDependency, const Dependency actualDependency)
+                {
+                    bool matchPackage(bool recursive, string targetPackage, string actualPackage)
+                    {
+                        if (recursive)
+                        {
+                            return actualPackage.fqnStartsWith(targetPackage);
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            return actualPackage == targetPackage;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    return matchPackage(targetDependency.client.recursive, targetDependency.client.name,
+                            actualDependency.client.name) &&
+                        matchPackage(targetDependency.supplier.recursive, targetDependency.supplier.name,
+                            actualDependency.supplier.name);
+                }
+
+                if (!targetDependencies.any!(a => matchDependency(a, dependency)))
                 {
                     stderr.writefln("error: unintended dependency %s -> %s", client, supplier);
                     success = false;
@@ -118,11 +141,11 @@ void main(string[] args)
             {
                 foreach (dependency; actualDependencies)
                 {
-                    const client = dependency.client.packages;
-                    const supplier = dependency.supplier.packages;
+                    const client = dependency.client.name.packages;
+                    const supplier = dependency.supplier.name.packages;
 
                     if (!client.empty && !supplier.empty && client != supplier)
-                        dependencies_.add(Dependency(client, supplier));
+                        dependencies_.add(Dependency(Element(client, No.recursive), Element(supplier, No.recursive)));
                 }
             }
             if (!transitive)
diff --git a/src/uml.d b/src/uml.d
index 147cd08..64493f4 100644
--- a/src/uml.d
+++ b/src/uml.d
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 module uml;
 
+import deps : Dependency, Element;
 import graph;
 import std.algorithm;
 import std.range;
@@ -18,11 +19,10 @@ Dependency[] read(R)(R input)
 
 private void read(Input, Output)(Input input, auto ref Output output)
 {
-    import std.conv : to;
     import std.regex : matchFirst, regex;
 
     enum arrow = `(?P<arrow><?\.+(left|right|up|down|le?|ri?|up?|do?|\[.*?\])*\.*>?)`;
-    enum pattern = regex(`(?P<lhs>\w+(.\w+)*)\s*` ~ arrow ~ `\s*(?P<rhs>\w+(.\w+)*)`);
+    enum pattern = regex(`(?P<lhs>\w+(\.\w+)*(\.\*)?)\s*` ~ arrow ~ `\s*(?P<rhs>\w+(\.\w+)*(\.\*)?)`);
 
     foreach (line; input)
     {
@@ -30,13 +30,20 @@ private void read(Input, Output)(Input input, auto ref Output output)
 
         if (captures)
         {
-            const lhs = captures["lhs"].to!string;
-            const rhs = captures["rhs"].to!string;
+            enum recursiveMarker = ".all";
+
+            const string lhs = captures["lhs"].idup;
+            const lhsRecursive = lhs.endsWith(recursiveMarker) ? Yes.recursive : No.recursive;
+            const lhsElement = Element(lhsRecursive ? lhs.dropBack(recursiveMarker.length) : lhs, lhsRecursive);
+
+            const string rhs = captures["rhs"].idup;
+            const rhsRecursive = rhs.endsWith(recursiveMarker) ? Yes.recursive : No.recursive;
+            const rhsElement = Element(rhsRecursive ? rhs.dropBack(recursiveMarker.length) : rhs, rhsRecursive);
 
             if (captures["arrow"].endsWith(">"))
-                output.put(Dependency(lhs, rhs));
+                output.put(Dependency(lhsElement, rhsElement));
             if (captures["arrow"].startsWith("<"))
-                output.put(Dependency(rhs, lhs));
+                output.put(Dependency(rhsElement, lhsElement));
         }
     }
 }
@@ -44,11 +51,12 @@ private void read(Input, Output)(Input input, auto ref Output output)
 @("read Plant-UML dependencies")
 unittest
 {
-    read(only("a .> b")).should.be == [Dependency("a", "b")];
-    read(only("a <. b")).should.be == [Dependency("b", "a")];
-    read(only("a <.> b")).should.be == [Dependency("a", "b"), Dependency("b", "a")];
-    read(only("a.[#red]>b")).should.be == [Dependency("a", "b")];
-    read(only("a.[#red]le>b")).should.be == [Dependency("a", "b")];
+    read(only("a .> b")).should.be == [dependency("a", "b")];
+    read(only("a <. b")).should.be == [dependency("b", "a")];
+    read(only("a <.> b")).should.be == [dependency("a", "b"), dependency("b", "a")];
+    read(only("a.all .> b.all")).should.be == [Dependency(Element("a", Yes.recursive), Element("b", Yes.recursive))];
+    read(only("a.[#red]>b")).should.be == [dependency("a", "b")];
+    read(only("a.[#red]le>b")).should.be == [dependency("a", "b")];
 }
 
 void write(Output)(auto ref Output output, const Dependency[] dependencies)
@@ -69,7 +77,7 @@ unittest
     import std.string : outdent, stripLeft;
 
     auto output = appender!string;
-    const dependencies = [Dependency("a", "b")];
+    const dependencies = [dependency("a", "b")];
 
     output.write(dependencies);
 
@@ -92,7 +100,7 @@ unittest
     import std.string : outdent, stripLeft;
 
     auto output = appender!string;
-    const dependencies = [Dependency("a", "a.b"), Dependency("a.b", "a.c")];
+    const dependencies = [dependency("a", "a.b"), dependency("a.b", "a.c")];
 
     output.write(dependencies);
 
@@ -112,31 +120,59 @@ unittest
     output.data.should.be == outdent(expected).stripLeft;
 }
 
+@("use appropriate wildcard descriptions")
+unittest
+{
+    import std.array : appender;
+    import std.string : outdent, stripLeft;
+
+    auto output = appender!string;
+    const dependencies = [Dependency(Element("a", Yes.recursive), Element("b", Yes.recursive))];
+
+    output.write(dependencies);
+
+    const expected = `
+        @startuml
+        package a.* as a.all {}
+        package b.* as b.all {}
+
+        a.all ..> b.all
+        @enduml
+        `;
+
+    output.data.should.be == outdent(expected).stripLeft;
+}
+
+private alias dependency = (client, supplier) =>
+    Dependency(Element(client, No.recursive), Element(supplier, No.recursive));
+
 private struct Package
 {
     string[] path;
 
+    Flag!"recursive" recursive;
+
     Package[string] subpackages;
 
     Dependency[] dependencies;
 
     void add(Dependency dependency)
     {
-        const clientPath = dependency.client.split('.');
-        const supplierPath = dependency.supplier.split('.');
+        const clientPath = dependency.client.name.split('.');
+        const supplierPath = dependency.supplier.name.split('.');
         const path = commonPrefix(clientPath.dropBackOne, supplierPath.dropBackOne);
 
-        addPackage(clientPath);
-        addPackage(supplierPath);
+        addPackage(clientPath, dependency.client.recursive);
+        addPackage(supplierPath, dependency.client.recursive);
         addDependency(path, dependency);
     }
 
-    void addPackage(const string[] path, size_t index = 0)
+    void addPackage(const string[] path, Flag!"recursive" recursive, size_t index = 0)
     {
         if (path[index] !in subpackages)
-            subpackages[path[index]] = Package(path[0 .. index + 1].dup);
+            subpackages[path[index]] = Package(path[0 .. index + 1].dup, recursive);
         if (index + 1 < path.length)
-            subpackages[path[index]].addPackage(path, index + 1);
+            subpackages[path[index]].addPackage(path, recursive, index + 1);
     }
 
     void addDependency(const string[] path, Dependency dependency)
@@ -160,7 +196,13 @@ private struct Package
         foreach (subpackage; subpackages.keys.sort.map!(key => subpackages[key]))
         {
             indent;
-            if (subpackage.path.length == 1)
+            if (subpackage.recursive)
+            {
+                assert(subpackage.subpackages.empty && subpackage.dependencies.empty,
+                    "recursive package must not contain subpackages");
+                output.formattedWrite!"package %s.* as %s.all {"(subpackage.path.back, subpackage.path.join('.'));
+            }
+            else if (subpackage.path.length == 1)
                 output.formattedWrite!"package %s {"(subpackage.path.join('.'));
             else
                 output.formattedWrite!"package %s as %s {"(subpackage.path.back, subpackage.path.join('.'));
@@ -178,7 +220,7 @@ private struct Package
         foreach (dependency; dependencies.sort)
         {
             indent;
-            output.formattedWrite!"%s ..> %s\n"(dependency.client, dependency.supplier);
+            output.formattedWrite!"%s ..> %s\n"(dependency.client.toPackage, dependency.supplier.toPackage);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/util.d b/src/util.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c624541
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util.d
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+module util;
+
+import std.string;
+
+bool fqnStartsWith(string haystack, string needle)
+{
+    import std.algorithm : splitter;
+
+    return haystack.splitter(".").startsWith(needle.splitter("."));
+}