diff --git a/text-provider/pom.xml b/text-provider/pom.xml
index 0513ea50..521a033f 100644
--- a/text-provider/pom.xml
+++ b/text-provider/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
             <artifactId>struts2-convention-plugin</artifactId>
             <version>${struts2.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
+            <artifactId>struts2-junit-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>${struts2.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/text-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/struts_example/MyLocalizedTextProvider.java b/text-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/struts_example/MyLocalizedTextProvider.java
index 05f3ed5c..7dae0bad 100644
--- a/text-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/struts_example/MyLocalizedTextProvider.java
+++ b/text-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/struts_example/MyLocalizedTextProvider.java
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 package org.apache.struts_example;
 
-import org.apache.struts2.text.StrutsLocalizedTextProvider;
-
 import java.io.File;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLClassLoader;
 
-public class MyLocalizedTextProvider extends StrutsLocalizedTextProvider {
+public class MyLocalizedTextProvider extends WildcardLocalizedTextProvider {
 
     public MyLocalizedTextProvider() {
         super();
diff --git a/text-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/struts_example/WildcardLocalizedTextProvider.java b/text-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/struts_example/WildcardLocalizedTextProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed0eda8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/text-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/struts_example/WildcardLocalizedTextProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.struts_example;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.struts2.text.StrutsLocalizedTextProvider;
+import org.apache.struts2.util.finder.ResourceFinder;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.TreeSet;
+
+/**
+ * Expands entries such as {@code com.acme.messages.*} in {@code struts.custom.i18n.resources}
+ * into every bundle placed directly in that package (sub-packages are not scanned).
+ */
+public class WildcardLocalizedTextProvider extends StrutsLocalizedTextProvider {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LogManager.getLogger(WildcardLocalizedTextProvider.class);
+
+    private static final String WILDCARD_SUFFIX = ".*";
+    private static final String PROPERTIES_EXTENSION = ".properties";
+
+    // No @Inject here: the container already calls this through the annotated parent method,
+    // annotating the override as well would inject it twice
+    @Override
+    public void setCustomI18NResources(String bundles) {
+        if (bundles == null || bundles.isEmpty()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        List<String> expanded = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (String name : bundles.split("[,\\s]+")) {
+            if (name.endsWith(WILDCARD_SUFFIX)) {
+                expanded.addAll(findBundlesInPackage(name.substring(0, name.length() - WILDCARD_SUFFIX.length())));
+            } else if (!name.isEmpty()) {
+                expanded.add(name);
+            }
+        }
+        super.setCustomI18NResources(String.join(",", expanded));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Bundles are returned sorted, so lookup order does not depend on how the container lists the classpath:
+     * a bundle registered later is searched first, so on a duplicated key the last name in sorted order wins.
+     */
+    private Set<String> findBundlesInPackage(String packageName) {
+        Set<String> baseNames = new TreeSet<>();
+        try {
+            for (String fileName : new ResourceFinder("").getResourcesMap(packageName.replace('.', '/')).keySet()) {
+                if (fileName.endsWith(PROPERTIES_EXTENSION)) {
+                    baseNames.add(fileName.substring(0, fileName.length() - PROPERTIES_EXTENSION.length()));
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            LOG.error("Could not scan package [{}] for message bundles. Skipping", packageName, e);
+        }
+        Set<String> bundles = new TreeSet<>();
+        for (String baseName : baseNames) {
+            if (!isLocaleVariant(baseName, baseNames)) {
+                bundles.add(packageName + "." + baseName);
+            }
+        }
+        if (bundles.isEmpty()) {
+            LOG.warn("No message bundles found in package [{}], [{}{}] registers nothing", packageName, packageName, WILDCARD_SUFFIX);
+        } else {
+            LOG.debug("Expanded [{}{}] to bundles {}", packageName, WILDCARD_SUFFIX, bundles);
+        }
+        return bundles;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isLocaleVariant(String name, Set<String> baseNames) {
+        return baseNames.stream().anyMatch(base -> name.startsWith(base + "_"));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/text-provider/src/main/resources/org/apache/struts_example/messages/common.properties b/text-provider/src/main/resources/org/apache/struts_example/messages/common.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac813dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/text-provider/src/main/resources/org/apache/struts_example/messages/common.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+common.greeting=Hello from the common bundle
+shared.key=Defined in common
diff --git a/text-provider/src/main/resources/org/apache/struts_example/messages/common_pl.properties b/text-provider/src/main/resources/org/apache/struts_example/messages/common_pl.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..161fc5f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/text-provider/src/main/resources/org/apache/struts_example/messages/common_pl.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+common.greeting=Witaj z pakietu common
diff --git a/text-provider/src/main/resources/org/apache/struts_example/messages/labels.properties b/text-provider/src/main/resources/org/apache/struts_example/messages/labels.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e206fa30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/text-provider/src/main/resources/org/apache/struts_example/messages/labels.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+labels.title=Loaded from the labels bundle via a wildcard
+shared.key=Defined in labels
diff --git a/text-provider/src/main/resources/struts.xml b/text-provider/src/main/resources/struts.xml
index df7ec479..404f74cb 100644
--- a/text-provider/src/main/resources/struts.xml
+++ b/text-provider/src/main/resources/struts.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
   <constant name="struts.devMode" value="true"/>
   <constant name="struts.convention.action.packages" value="org.apache.struts_example"/>
 
-  <constant name="struts.custom.i18n.resources" value="DefaultMessages"/>
+  <!--
+  The ".*" entry is expanded by WildcardLocalizedTextProvider, plain Struts does not support wildcards here
+  -->
+  <constant name="struts.custom.i18n.resources" value="DefaultMessages,org.apache.struts_example.messages.*"/>
 
   <!--
   This factory overrides the one defined in Struts and will be used a default one across the framework
diff --git a/text-provider/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/content/success.jsp b/text-provider/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/content/success.jsp
index 5b089a34..ca6be2e4 100644
--- a/text-provider/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/content/success.jsp
+++ b/text-provider/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/content/success.jsp
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
   <s:text name="global.key"/>
 </h2>
 
+<h3>Bundles registered with a wildcard</h3>
+<ul>
+  <li><s:text name="common.greeting"/></li>
+  <li><s:text name="labels.title"/></li>
+  <li><s:text name="shared.key"/></li>
+</ul>
+
 <h3>Select your provider</h3>
 <ul>
   <li>
diff --git a/text-provider/src/test/java/org/apache/struts_example/WildcardLocalizedTextProviderTest.java b/text-provider/src/test/java/org/apache/struts_example/WildcardLocalizedTextProviderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..458b5dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/text-provider/src/test/java/org/apache/struts_example/WildcardLocalizedTextProviderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.struts_example;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class WildcardLocalizedTextProviderTest {
+
+    private static final Locale POLISH = Locale.forLanguageTag("pl");
+
+    private Locale defaultLocale;
+    private WildcardLocalizedTextProvider provider;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        defaultLocale = Locale.getDefault();
+        Locale.setDefault(Locale.ENGLISH);
+        provider = new WildcardLocalizedTextProvider();
+        provider.setCustomI18NResources("DefaultMessages,org.apache.struts_example.messages.*");
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void tearDown() {
+        Locale.setDefault(defaultLocale);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void wildcardRegistersEveryBundleInThePackage() {
+        assertEquals("Hello from the common bundle", provider.findDefaultText("common.greeting", Locale.ENGLISH));
+        assertEquals("Loaded from the labels bundle via a wildcard", provider.findDefaultText("labels.title", Locale.ENGLISH));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void localeVariantsResolveThroughTheirBaseBundle() {
+        assertEquals("Hello from the common bundle", provider.findDefaultText("common.greeting", Locale.ENGLISH));
+        assertEquals("Witaj z pakietu common", provider.findDefaultText("common.greeting", POLISH));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void laterBundleInSortedOrderWinsOnDuplicateKey() {
+        assertEquals("Defined in labels", provider.findDefaultText("shared.key", Locale.ENGLISH));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void namesWithoutWildcardPassThrough() {
+        assertEquals("Default: Custom Text Provider example", provider.findDefaultText("default.index.title", Locale.ENGLISH));
+    }
+}