diff --git a/internal/config/config_test.go b/internal/config/config_test.go
index aa27b32..95fb826 100644
--- a/internal/config/config_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/config_test.go
@@ -473,6 +473,20 @@ func TestValidateHosts(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantErr: "interface \"eth99\" not defined in interfaces",
 		},
+		{
+			name: "host interface matched by wildcard",
+			zones: map[string]Zone{
+				"fw":  {Type: ZoneFirewall},
+				"net": {Type: ZoneIP},
+				"lan": {Type: ZoneIP, Parents: []string{"net"}},
+			},
+			interfaces: []Interface{
+				{Zone: "net", Interface: "enp+"},
+			},
+			hosts: []Host{
+				{Zone: "lan", Interface: "enp2s0", Addresses: []string{"192.0.2.0/24"}},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name: "zone not defined",
 			zones: map[string]Zone{
diff --git a/internal/config/hosts.go b/internal/config/hosts.go
index 37affa4..d5c0994 100644
--- a/internal/config/hosts.go
+++ b/internal/config/hosts.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/netip"
 	"slices"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 type Host struct {
@@ -44,7 +45,8 @@ func (c *Config) validateHosts() error {
 
 		ifaceFound := false
 		for _, iface := range c.Interfaces {
-			if iface.Interface == h.Interface || iface.PhysicalName() == h.Interface {
+			prefix, wild := strings.CutSuffix(iface.PhysicalName(), "+")
+			if iface.Interface == h.Interface || iface.PhysicalName() == h.Interface || (wild && strings.HasPrefix(h.Interface, prefix)) {
 				ifaceFound = true
 				break
 			}
diff --git a/internal/nftables/compiler.go b/internal/nftables/compiler.go
index 53d5b55..760d647 100644
--- a/internal/nftables/compiler.go
+++ b/internal/nftables/compiler.go
@@ -1351,11 +1351,11 @@ func (c *Compiler) resolveZone(zone, addr string) []zoneMatch {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// subZoneHosts lists the host addresses on iface that belong to sub-zones of zone, and those
-// sub-zone hosts' exclusions, which fall back to zone.
+// subZoneHosts lists the host addresses on interfaces overlapping iface that belong to sub-zones of
+// zone, and those sub-zone hosts' exclusions, which fall back to zone.
 func (c *Compiler) subZoneHosts(zone, iface string) (sub, back []string) {
 	for _, h := range c.cfg.Hosts {
-		if h.Interface == iface && c.cfg.IsSubZone(h.Zone, zone) {
+		if ifacesOverlap(h.Interface, iface) && c.cfg.IsSubZone(h.Zone, zone) {
 			sub = append(sub, h.Addresses...)
 			back = append(back, h.Exclusions...)
 		}
@@ -1363,6 +1363,21 @@ func (c *Compiler) subZoneHosts(zone, iface string) (sub, back []string) {
 	return sub, back
 }
 
+// ifacesOverlap reports whether two interface names (a "+" suffix being a prefix wildcard) can match the same interface.
+func ifacesOverlap(a, b string) bool {
+	pa, wa := strings.CutSuffix(a, "+")
+	pb, wb := strings.CutSuffix(b, "+")
+	switch {
+	case wa && wb:
+		return strings.HasPrefix(pa, pb) || strings.HasPrefix(pb, pa)
+	case wa:
+		return strings.HasPrefix(pb, pa)
+	case wb:
+		return strings.HasPrefix(pa, pb)
+	}
+	return a == b
+}
+
 // addrsOverlap reports whether a host address can match a rule address; unparsable or negated rule addresses keep the host.
 func addrsOverlap(host, rule string) bool {
 	if rule == "" || strings.HasPrefix(rule, "!") {
diff --git a/internal/nftables/compiler_test.go b/internal/nftables/compiler_test.go
index dccbc3a..4ff68a0 100644
--- a/internal/nftables/compiler_test.go
+++ b/internal/nftables/compiler_test.go
@@ -3663,3 +3663,59 @@ func TestCompile_HostsRouteBack(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("routeback hosts lan lan policy = %q, want %q", got, want)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCompile_WildcardParentExcludesSubZoneHosts(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := &config.Config{
+		Settings: config.Settings{TableName: "test", AddressFamily: config.FamilyINET},
+		Zones: map[string]config.Zone{
+			"fw": {Type: config.ZoneFirewall}, "net": {Type: config.ZoneIP},
+			"lan": {Type: config.ZoneIP, Parents: []string{"net"}}, "lxd": {Type: config.ZoneIP},
+		},
+		Interfaces: []config.Interface{
+			{Zone: "net", Interface: "enp+"}, {Zone: "net", Interface: "wlo1"}, {Zone: "lxd", Interface: "lxdbr0"},
+		},
+		Hosts: []config.Host{
+			{Zone: "lan", Interface: "enp2s0", Addresses: []string{"192.0.2.0/24"}},
+			{Zone: "lan", Interface: "wlo1", Addresses: []string{"198.51.100.0/24"}},
+		},
+		Policy: []config.Policy{
+			{Source: "lxd", Dest: "net", Action: config.PolicyAccept},
+			{Source: "net", Dest: "all", Action: config.PolicyDrop},
+			{Source: "all", Dest: "all", Action: config.PolicyReject},
+		},
+		PortGroups: make(map[string]config.PortGroup),
+	}
+	state := mustCompile(t, cfg)
+	want := []string{
+		"iif=lxdbr0 oif=enp ip4 !daddr=192.0.2.0/24", "iif=lxdbr0 oif=enp ip6",
+		"iif=lxdbr0 oif=wlo1 ip4 !daddr=198.51.100.0/24", "iif=lxdbr0 oif=wlo1 ip6",
+	}
+	if got := describeTagged(state, "forward", "policy:0"); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("lxd->net accept = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+	want = []string{
+		"iif=enp ip4 !saddr=192.0.2.0/24", "iif=enp ip6",
+		"iif=wlo1 ip4 !saddr=198.51.100.0/24", "iif=wlo1 ip6",
+	}
+	if got := describeTagged(state, "input", "policy:1"); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("net->fw drop = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+	if got := describeTagged(state, "input", "policy:2"); len(got) == 0 || got[0] != "iif=enp2s0 ip4 saddr=192.0.2.0/24" {
+		t.Errorf("lan->fw reject = %q, want lan on enp2s0 first", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIfacesOverlap(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tt := range []struct {
+		a, b string
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{"enp2s0", "enp2s0", true}, {"enp2s0", "enp3s0", false},
+		{"enp+", "enp2s0", true}, {"enp2s0", "enp+", true}, {"enp+", "wlo1", false},
+		{"en+", "enp+", true}, {"enp+", "eno+", false}, {"enp", "enp+", true},
+	} {
+		if got := ifacesOverlap(tt.a, tt.b); got != tt.want {
+			t.Errorf("ifacesOverlap(%q, %q) = %v, want %v", tt.a, tt.b, got, tt.want)
+		}
+	}
+}