diff --git a/services/src/main/java/org/jfrog/artifactory/client/aql/AqlItem.java b/services/src/main/java/org/jfrog/artifactory/client/aql/AqlItem.java
index ca6522e2..135283b4 100644
--- a/services/src/main/java/org/jfrog/artifactory/client/aql/AqlItem.java
+++ b/services/src/main/java/org/jfrog/artifactory/client/aql/AqlItem.java
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ public class AqlItem {
     private static final String DESC = "$desc";
     private static final String OR = "$or";
     private static final String AND = "$and";
+    private static final String MATCH = "$match";
+    private static final String NOT_MATCH = "$nmatch";
 
     private Map<String, Object> item;
 
@@ -39,6 +41,14 @@ public static AqlItem desc(String... items) {
         return new AqlItem(DESC, items);
     }
 
+    public static AqlItem match(String key, String pattern) {
+        return new AqlItem(key, new AqlItem(MATCH, pattern));
+    }
+
+    public static AqlItem notMatch(String key, String pattern) {
+        return new AqlItem(key, new AqlItem(NOT_MATCH, pattern));
+    }
+
     @JsonIgnore
     public boolean isNotEmpty() {
         return item != null && !item.isEmpty();
diff --git a/services/src/main/java/org/jfrog/artifactory/client/aql/AqlQueryBuilder.java b/services/src/main/java/org/jfrog/artifactory/client/aql/AqlQueryBuilder.java
index b07a2bfa..667eea8e 100644
--- a/services/src/main/java/org/jfrog/artifactory/client/aql/AqlQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/services/src/main/java/org/jfrog/artifactory/client/aql/AqlQueryBuilder.java
@@ -58,6 +58,20 @@ public AqlQueryBuilder or(AqlItem... items) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    public AqlQueryBuilder match(String key, String pattern) {
+        if (key != null) {
+            root.putAll(AqlItem.match(key, pattern).value());
+        }
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public AqlQueryBuilder notMatch(String key, String pattern) {
+        if (key != null) {
+            root.putAll(AqlItem.notMatch(key, pattern).value());
+        }
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public AqlQueryBuilder or(Collection<AqlItem> items) {
         return or(setToArray(items));
     }
diff --git a/services/src/test/java/org/jfrog/artifactory/client/aql/AqlQueryBuilderTest.java b/services/src/test/java/org/jfrog/artifactory/client/aql/AqlQueryBuilderTest.java
index cd69b590..d590bc52 100644
--- a/services/src/test/java/org/jfrog/artifactory/client/aql/AqlQueryBuilderTest.java
+++ b/services/src/test/java/org/jfrog/artifactory/client/aql/AqlQueryBuilderTest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.core.IsNull.notNullValue;
 import static org.jfrog.artifactory.client.aql.AqlItem.aqlItem;
 import static org.jfrog.artifactory.client.aql.AqlItem.or;
+import static org.jfrog.artifactory.client.aql.AqlItem.match;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
 
@@ -143,6 +144,33 @@ public void orTest() {
                 + "]})"));
     }
 
+
+    @Test
+    public void matchTest() {
+        String result = new AqlQueryBuilder()
+            .match("repo", "myrepo*")
+            .build();
+
+        assertThat(result, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(result, is("items.find("
+            + "{\"repo\":"
+            + "{\"$match\":\"myrepo*\"}"
+            + "})"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void notMatchTest() {
+        String result = new AqlQueryBuilder()
+            .notMatch("repo", "myrepo*")
+            .build();
+
+        assertThat(result, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(result, is("items.find("
+            + "{\"repo\":"
+            + "{\"$nmatch\":\"myrepo*\"}"
+            + "})"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void addNestedFilters() {
         final String result = new AqlQueryBuilder()
@@ -150,7 +178,8 @@ public void addNestedFilters() {
                         or(
                                 aqlItem("repo", "myrepo1"),
                                 aqlItem("repo", "myrepo2"),
-                                aqlItem("repo", "myrepo3")
+                                aqlItem("repo", "myrepo3"),
+                                match("repo", "myotherrepo*")
                         ),
                         or(
                                 aqlItem("name", "maven-metadata1.xml"),
@@ -165,8 +194,10 @@ public void addNestedFilters() {
                 + "{\"$or\":["
                 + "{\"repo\":\"myrepo1\"},"
                 + "{\"repo\":\"myrepo2\"},"
-                + "{\"repo\":\"myrepo3\"}"
-                + "]},"
+                + "{\"repo\":\"myrepo3\"},"
+                + "{\"repo\":"
+                + "{\"$match\":\"myotherrepo*\"}"
+                + "}]},"
                 + "{\"$or\":["
                 + "{\"name\":\"maven-metadata1.xml\"},"
                 + "{\"name\":\"maven-metadata2.xml\"}"