diff --git a/utils/generate-domains-blacklists/generate-domains-blacklist.py b/utils/generate-domains-blacklists/generate-domains-blacklist.py
index 43eba48b..387cc250 100755
--- a/utils/generate-domains-blacklists/generate-domains-blacklist.py
+++ b/utils/generate-domains-blacklists/generate-domains-blacklist.py
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
 
-# run with python generate-domains-blacklist.py > list.txt.tmp && mv -f list.txt.tmp list
+# Use the following command ensure the right encoding:
+# python generate-domains-blacklist.py -o list.txt.tmp && mv -f list.txt.tmp list
+
 
 import argparse
 import re
 import sys
+from io import StringIO
+from fnmatch import fnmatch
 
 try:
     import urllib2 as urllib
@@ -81,6 +85,16 @@ def parse_list(content, trusted=False):
     return names, time_restrictions
 
 
+# basic check if the line contains any glob specific characters
+def is_glob(line):
+    glob_chars = "*[]?"  # ignore = for now
+    return any(char in line for char in glob_chars)
+
+
+def get_lines_with_globs(names):
+    return set(filter(lambda line: is_glob(line), names))
+
+
 def print_restricted_name(name, time_restrictions):
     if name in time_restrictions:
         print("{}\t{}".format(name, time_restrictions[name]))
@@ -115,7 +129,7 @@ def load_from_url(url):
     if URLLIB_NEW:
         content = content.decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
 
-    return (content, trusted)
+    return content, trusted
 
 
 def name_cmp(name):
@@ -134,6 +148,17 @@ def has_suffix(names, name):
     return False
 
 
+# check if a line matches with any of the collected globs:
+def covered_by_glob(line, glob_list):
+    # ignore lines that are part of the glob_list
+    if line not in glob_list:
+        for glob in glob_list:
+            if fnmatch(line, glob):
+                return True
+
+    return False
+
+
 def whitelist_from_url(url):
     if not url:
         return set()
@@ -144,10 +169,11 @@ def whitelist_from_url(url):
 
 
 def blacklists_from_config_file(
-    file, whitelist, time_restricted_url, ignore_retrieval_failure
+        file, whitelist, time_restricted_url, ignore_retrieval_failure, output_file
 ):
     blacklists = {}
     whitelisted_names = set()
+    all_globs = set()
     all_names = set()
     unique_names = set()
 
@@ -163,6 +189,10 @@ def blacklists_from_config_file(
                 names, _time_restrictions = parse_list(content, trusted)
                 blacklists[url] = names
                 all_names |= names
+                # only check local files for globs:
+                if trusted:
+                    all_globs |= get_lines_with_globs(names)
+
             except Exception as e:
                 sys.stderr.write(str(e))
                 if not ignore_retrieval_failure:
@@ -192,13 +222,18 @@ def blacklists_from_config_file(
 
     whitelisted_names |= whitelist_from_url(whitelist)
 
+    # redirect output to output_file if provided
+    output = StringIO() if output_file else sys.stdout
+
     # Process blacklists
     for url, names in blacklists.items():
-        print("\n\n########## Blacklist from {} ##########\n".format(url))
-        ignored, whitelisted = 0, 0
+        print("########## Blacklist from {} ##########\n".format(url), file=output)
+        ignored, whitelisted, glob_ignored = 0, 0, 0
         list_names = list()
         for name in names:
-            if has_suffix(all_names, name) or name in unique_names:
+            if covered_by_glob(name, all_globs):
+                glob_ignored = glob_ignored + 1
+            elif has_suffix(all_names, name) or name in unique_names:
                 ignored = ignored + 1
             elif has_suffix(whitelisted_names, name) or name in whitelisted_names:
                 whitelisted = whitelisted + 1
@@ -208,11 +243,21 @@ def blacklists_from_config_file(
 
         list_names.sort(key=name_cmp)
         if ignored:
-            print("# Ignored duplicates: {}\n".format(ignored))
+            print("# Ignored duplicates: {}\n".format(ignored), file=output)
         if whitelisted:
-            print("# Ignored entries due to the whitelist: {}\n".format(whitelisted))
+            print("# Ignored entries due to the whitelist: {}\n".format(whitelisted), file=output)
+        if glob_ignored:
+            print("# Ignored entries due to globs in local-additions: {}\n".format(glob_ignored), file=output)
         for name in list_names:
-            print(name)
+            print(name, file=output)
+        print("\n\n", file=output)
+
+    # if provided, save content from output buffer to file all at once
+    if output_file:
+        f = open(output_file, "w", encoding='utf8')
+        f.write(output.getvalue())
+        f.close()
+        output.close()
 
 
 argp = argparse.ArgumentParser(
@@ -242,6 +287,12 @@ argp.add_argument(
     action="store_true",
     help="generate list even if some urls couldn't be retrieved",
 )
+argp.add_argument(
+    "-o",
+    "--output-file",
+    default=None,
+    help="save generated blacklist to a text file with the provided file name",
+)
 argp.add_argument("-t", "--timeout", default=30, help="URL open timeout")
 args = argp.parse_args()
 
@@ -249,6 +300,7 @@ conf = args.config
 whitelist = args.whitelist
 time_restricted = args.time_restricted
 ignore_retrieval_failure = args.ignore_retrieval_failure
+output_file = args.output_file
 
 blacklists_from_config_file(
-    conf, whitelist, time_restricted, ignore_retrieval_failure)
+    conf, whitelist, time_restricted, ignore_retrieval_failure, output_file)