diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet_rpc_server.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet_rpc_server.cpp
index a173b5a50..6e126a8f7 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet_rpc_server.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet_rpc_server.cpp
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ namespace tools
       res.total_unlocked_balance = 0;
       cryptonote::subaddress_index subaddr_index = {0,0};
       const std::pair<std::map<std::string, std::string>, std::vector<std::string>> account_tags = m_wallet->get_account_tags();
-      if (!req.tag.empty() && account_tags.first.count(req.tag) == 0)
+      if (!req.tag.empty() && account_tags.first.count(req.tag) == 0 && !req.regexp)
       {
         er.code = WALLET_RPC_ERROR_CODE_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
         er.message = (boost::format(tr("Tag %s is unregistered.")) % req.tag).str();
@@ -630,7 +630,9 @@ namespace tools
       }
       for (; subaddr_index.major < m_wallet->get_num_subaddress_accounts(); ++subaddr_index.major)
       {
-        if (!req.tag.empty() && req.tag != account_tags.second[subaddr_index.major])
+        bool no_match = !req.regexp ? (!req.tag.empty() && req.tag != account_tags.second[subaddr_index.major])
+          : (!req.tag.empty() && !boost::regex_match(account_tags.second[subaddr_index.major], boost::regex(req.tag)));
+        if (no_match)
           continue;
         wallet_rpc::COMMAND_RPC_GET_ACCOUNTS::subaddress_account_info info;
         info.account_index = subaddr_index.major;
@@ -643,6 +645,12 @@ namespace tools
         res.total_balance += info.balance;
         res.total_unlocked_balance += info.unlocked_balance;
       }
+      if (res.subaddress_accounts.size() == 0 && req.regexp)
+      {
+        er.code = WALLET_RPC_ERROR_CODE_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
+        er.message = (boost::format(tr("No matches for regex filter %s .")) % req.tag).str();
+        return false;
+      }
     }
     catch (const std::exception& e)
     {
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet_rpc_server_commands_defs.h b/src/wallet/wallet_rpc_server_commands_defs.h
index 867ea54bd..2cefe3331 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet_rpc_server_commands_defs.h
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet_rpc_server_commands_defs.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 // advance which version they will stop working with
 // Don't go over 32767 for any of these
 #define WALLET_RPC_VERSION_MAJOR 1
-#define WALLET_RPC_VERSION_MINOR 24
+#define WALLET_RPC_VERSION_MINOR 25
 #define MAKE_WALLET_RPC_VERSION(major,minor) (((major)<<16)|(minor))
 #define WALLET_RPC_VERSION MAKE_WALLET_RPC_VERSION(WALLET_RPC_VERSION_MAJOR, WALLET_RPC_VERSION_MINOR)
 namespace tools
@@ -243,10 +243,12 @@ namespace wallet_rpc
     {
       std::string tag;      // all accounts if empty, otherwise those accounts with this tag
       bool strict_balances;
+      bool regexp; // allow regular expression filters if set to true
 
       BEGIN_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
         KV_SERIALIZE(tag)
         KV_SERIALIZE_OPT(strict_balances, false)
+        KV_SERIALIZE_OPT(regexp, false)
       END_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
     };
     typedef epee::misc_utils::struct_init<request_t> request;