diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f419dc7..d63ee35 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /.idea
 /target
+/vendor
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5f09906..bc4f080 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,28 +7,28 @@ for example.
 
 More information: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/7058
 
-# Generating a vendor/ directory with filtering
+## Generating a vendor/ directory with filtering
 
 Here's a basic example which filters out all crates that don't target Linux;
 for example this will drop out crates like `winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu` and
 `core-foundation` that are Windows or MacOS only.
 
-```
+```sh
 $ cargo vendor-filterer --platform=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
 ```
 
 You may instead want to filter by tiers:
 
-```
+```sh
 $ cargo vendor-filterer --tier=2
 ```
 
 Currently this will drop out crates such as `redox_syscall`.
 
 You can also declaratively specify the desired vendor configuration via the [Cargo metadata](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html#the-metadata-table)
-key `package.metadata.vendor-filter`.  In this example, we include only tier 1 and 2 Linux platforms, and additionally remove some vendored C sources:
+key `package.metadata.vendor-filter`.  In this example, we include only tier 1 and 2 Linux platforms, and additionally remove some vendored C sources and `tests` folders from all crates:
 
-```
+```toml
 [package.metadata.vendor-filter]
 platforms = ["*-unknown-linux-gnu"]
 tier = "2"
@@ -36,13 +36,14 @@ all-features = true
 exclude-crate-paths = [ { name = "curl-sys", exclude = "curl" },
                         { name = "libz-sys", exclude = "src/zlib" },
                         { name = "libz-sys", exclude = "src/zlib-ng" },
+                        { name = "*", exclude = "tests" },
                       ]
 ```
 
 For workspaces, use the corresponding [workspace metadata](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/workspaces.html#the-metadata-table)
 key `workspace.metadata.vendor-filter`.
 
-## Available options for for `package.metadata.vendor-filter` in Cargo.toml
+### Available options for for `package.metadata.vendor-filter` in Cargo.toml
 
 - `platforms`: List of rustc target triples; this is the same values accepted by
   e.g. `cargo metadata --filter-platform`.  You can specify multiple values,
@@ -52,10 +53,11 @@ key `workspace.metadata.vendor-filter`.
 - `exclude-crate-paths`: Remove files and directories from target crates.  A key
   use case for this is removing the vendored copy of C libraries embedded in
   crates like `libz-sys`, when you only want to support dynamically linking.
+  `*` wildcard removes the folder from all creates (typical use case for `tests` folder).
 
 All of these options have corresponding CLI flags; see `cargo vendor-filterer --help`.
 
-# Generating reproducible vendor tarballs
+## Generating reproducible vendor tarballs
 
 You can also provide `--format=tar.zstd` to output a reproducible tar archive
 compressed via zstd; the default filename will be `vendor.tar.zstd`.  Similarly
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 757b613..bf1650e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -148,13 +148,14 @@ struct Args {
 
     /// Remove files/subdirectories in crates that match an exact path.
     ///
-    /// The format is "CRATENAME#PATH".  CRATENAME is the name of a crate (without
-    /// a version included).  PATH must be a relative path, and can name a regular
-    /// file, symbolic link or a directory.
+    /// The format is "CRATENAME#PATH". CRATENAME is the name of a crate (without
+    /// a version included) or "*" as a wildcard for all crates. PATH must be a
+    /// relative path, and can name a regular file, symbolic link or a directory.
     ///
     /// If the filename matches a directory, it and all its contents will be removed.
     /// For example, `curl-sys#curl` will remove the vendored libcurl C sources
     /// from the `curl-sys` crate.
+    /// For example, `*#tests` will remove tests folder from all crates.
     ///
     /// Nonexistent paths will emit a warning, but are not currently an error.
     #[arg(long)]
@@ -712,8 +713,11 @@ fn delete_unreferenced_packages(
             assert!(unreferenced.insert(name.to_string()));
         }
 
-        if let Some(excludes) = excludes.get(name) {
-            process_excludes(&pbuf, name, excludes)?;
+        if let Some(crate_excludes) = excludes.get(name) {
+            process_excludes(&pbuf, name, crate_excludes)?;
+        }
+        if let Some(generic_excludes) = excludes.get("*") {
+            process_excludes(&pbuf, name, generic_excludes)?;
         }
 
         let r = pbuf.pop();
diff --git a/tests/vendor_filterer/exclude.rs b/tests/vendor_filterer/exclude.rs
index c838f1f..3815ed0 100644
--- a/tests/vendor_filterer/exclude.rs
+++ b/tests/vendor_filterer/exclude.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ fn linux_multiple_platforms() {
     let output = vendor(VendorOptions {
         output: Some(&test_folder),
         platforms: Some(&["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu"]),
-        exclude_crate_paths: Some(&["hex#benches"]),
+        exclude_crate_paths: Some(&["hex#benches", "*#tests"]),
         ..Default::default()
     })
     .unwrap();
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ fn linux_multiple_platforms() {
     verify_no_windows(&test_folder);
     test_folder.push("hex/benches");
     assert!(!test_folder.exists());
+    test_folder.push("../tests");
+    assert!(!test_folder.exists());
 }