diff --git a/lib/net/sftp/operations/dir.rb b/lib/net/sftp/operations/dir.rb
index 614c781..9c8c4cc 100644
--- a/lib/net/sftp/operations/dir.rb
+++ b/lib/net/sftp/operations/dir.rb
@@ -64,12 +64,7 @@ def glob(path, pattern, flags=0)
       while queue.any?
         entry = queue.shift
 
-        if entry.directory? && !%w(. ..).include?(::File.basename(entry.name))
-          queue += entries("#{path}/#{entry.name}").map do |e|
-            e.name.replace("#{entry.name}/#{e.name}")
-            e
-          end
-        end
+        queue = enqueue_subtree_if_dir(queue, entry, path)
 
         if ::File.fnmatch(pattern, entry.name, flags)
           if block_given?
@@ -88,6 +83,45 @@ def glob(path, pattern, flags=0)
     def [](path, pattern)
       glob(path, pattern, 0)
     end
+
+    # Finds paths matching recursively all directory entries under +path+
+    # against Regexp +regexp+. If a block is given, matches will be yielded
+    # to the block as they are found; otherwise, they will be returned in
+    # an array when the method finishes.
+    def match(path, regexp)
+      path = path.chop if path[-1,1] == "/"
+
+      results = [] unless block_given?
+      queue = entries(path).reject { |e| e.name == "." || e.name == ".." }
+      while queue.any?
+        entry = queue.shift
+
+        queue = enqueue_subtree_if_dir(queue, entry, path)
+
+        if regexp.match(entry.name)
+          if block_given?
+            yield entry
+          else
+            results << entry
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      return results unless block_given?
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    # Returns given queue with found subtree entries (Only one level deeper).
+    def enqueue_subtree_if_dir(queue, entry, path)
+      if entry.directory? && !%w(. ..).include?(::File.basename(entry.name))
+        queue += entries("#{path}/#{entry.name}").map do |e|
+          e.name.replace("#{entry.name}/#{e.name}")
+          e
+        end
+      end
+      queue
+    end
   end
 
 end; end; end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_dir.rb b/test/test_dir.rb
index 1612bae..03a39b8 100644
--- a/test/test_dir.rb
+++ b/test/test_dir.rb
@@ -25,21 +25,53 @@ def test_entries_should_return_all_entries_in_a_single_array
   end
 
   def test_glob_should_search_under_path_for_matching_entries
-    @sftp.expects(:opendir!).with("/path/to/remote").returns("handle")
-    @sftp.expects(:opendir!).with("/path/to/remote/e3").returns("handle-e3")
-    @sftp.expects(:opendir!).with("/path/to/remote/e5").returns("handle-e5")
+    stub_folder_structure
     @sftp.expects(:readdir!).with("handle").returns([n(".", true), n("..", true), n("e1"), n("e2"), n("e3", true)], [n("e4"), n("e5", true)], nil).times(3)
     @sftp.expects(:readdir!).with("handle-e3").returns([n(".", true), n("..", true), n("e3e1"), n("e3e2")], nil).times(2)
     @sftp.expects(:readdir!).with("handle-e5").returns([n(".", true), n("..", true), n("e5e1"), n("e5e2"), n("e5e3")], nil).times(2)
-    @sftp.expects(:close!).with("handle")
-    @sftp.expects(:close!).with("handle-e3")
-    @sftp.expects(:close!).with("handle-e5")
 
-    assert_equal %w(e3/e3e2 e5/e5e2), @dir.glob("/path/to/remote", "**/e?e2").map { |e| e.name }
+    assert_equal %w(e3/e3e2 e5/e5e2),
+                 @dir.glob("/path/to/remote", "**/e?e2").map { |e| e.name }
+  end
+
+  def test_match_should_search_a_path_matching_regexp
+    stub_folder_structure
+
+    assert_equal %w(e3/e3e2),
+                 @dir.match("/path/to/remote", /e3e2/).map { |e| e.name }
+  end
+
+  def test_match_should_search_a_path_matching_a_complex_regexp
+    stub_folder_structure
+
+    assert_equal %w(e3 e5/e5e1 e5/e5e2 e5/e5e3),
+                 @dir.match("/path/to/remote", /^(e3|e5\/e5.*)$/).map { |e| e.name }
   end
 
   private
 
+    def stub_folder_structure
+      # /path/to/remote
+      # |- e1
+      # |- e2
+      # |- e3
+      #    |- e3e1
+      #    |- e3e2
+      # |- e4
+      # |- e5
+      #    |- e5e1
+      #    |- e5e2
+      @sftp.stubs(:opendir!).with("/path/to/remote").returns("handle")
+      @sftp.stubs(:opendir!).with("/path/to/remote/e3").returns("handle-e3")
+      @sftp.stubs(:opendir!).with("/path/to/remote/e5").returns("handle-e5")
+      @sftp.stubs(:readdir!).with("handle").returns([n(".", true), n("..", true), n("e1"), n("e2"), n("e3", true)], [n("e4"), n("e5", true)], nil)
+      @sftp.stubs(:readdir!).with("handle-e3").returns([n(".", true), n("..", true), n("e3e1"), n("e3e2")], nil)
+      @sftp.stubs(:readdir!).with("handle-e5").returns([n(".", true), n("..", true), n("e5e1"), n("e5e2"), n("e5e3")], nil)
+      @sftp.stubs(:close!).with("handle")
+      @sftp.stubs(:close!).with("handle-e3")
+      @sftp.stubs(:close!).with("handle-e5")
+    end
+
     def n(name, directory=false)
       Net::SFTP::Protocol::V01::Name.new(name.to_s, "longname for #{name}",
         Net::SFTP::Protocol::V01::Attributes.new(:permissions => directory ? 040755 : 0100644))