diff --git a/infer/src/quandary/JavaTrace.ml b/infer/src/quandary/JavaTrace.ml
index 22a89ed36..37aa388d1 100644
--- a/infer/src/quandary/JavaTrace.ml
+++ b/infer/src/quandary/JavaTrace.ml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ module SourceKind = struct
                     let procedure = class_name ^ "." ^ method_name in
                     IList.find_map_opt
                       (fun (source_spec : QuandaryConfig.Source.t) ->
-                         if String.equal source_spec.procedure procedure
+                         if Str.string_match source_spec.procedure procedure 0
                          then Some (of_string source_spec.kind)
                          else None)
                       external_sources
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ module SinkKind = struct
                     let procedure = class_name ^ "." ^ method_name in
                     IList.find_map_opt
                       (fun (sink_spec : QuandaryConfig.Sink.t) ->
-                         if String.equal sink_spec.procedure procedure
+                         if Str.string_match sink_spec.procedure procedure 0
                          then
                            let kind = of_string sink_spec.kind in
                            try
diff --git a/infer/src/quandary/QuandaryConfig.ml b/infer/src/quandary/QuandaryConfig.ml
index 7ee2ef75d..9bbef5d81 100644
--- a/infer/src/quandary/QuandaryConfig.ml
+++ b/infer/src/quandary/QuandaryConfig.ml
@@ -14,38 +14,32 @@ module F = Format
 (** utilities for importing JSON specifications of sources/sinks into Quandary *)
 
 module Source = struct
-  type t = { procedure : string; kind : string; }
+  type t = { procedure : Str.regexp; kind : string; }
 
   let of_json = function
     | `List sources ->
         let parse_source json =
           let open Yojson.Basic.Util in
-          let procedure = json |> member "procedure" |> to_string in
+          let procedure = json |> member "procedure" |> to_string |> Str.regexp in
           let kind = json |> member "kind" |> to_string in
           { procedure; kind; } in
         IList.map parse_source sources
     | _ ->
         []
-
-  let pp fmt { procedure; kind; } =
-    F.fprintf fmt "Procedure: %s Kind: %s" procedure kind
 end
 
 module Sink = struct
-  type t = { procedure : string; kind : string; index : string}
+  type t = { procedure : Str.regexp; kind : string; index : string}
 
   let of_json = function
     | `List sinks ->
         let parse_sink json =
           let open Yojson.Basic.Util in
-          let procedure = json |> member "procedure" |> to_string in
+          let procedure = json |> member "procedure" |> to_string |> Str.regexp in
           let kind = json |> member "kind" |> to_string in
           let index = json |> member "index" |> to_string in
           { procedure; kind; index; } in
         IList.map parse_sink sinks
     | _ ->
         []
-
-  let pp fmt { procedure; kind; index; } =
-    F.fprintf fmt "Procedure: %s Kind: %s Index %s" procedure kind index
 end
diff --git a/infer/src/quandary/QuandaryConfig.mli b/infer/src/quandary/QuandaryConfig.mli
index 44e573490..77b8127a9 100644
--- a/infer/src/quandary/QuandaryConfig.mli
+++ b/infer/src/quandary/QuandaryConfig.mli
@@ -12,17 +12,13 @@ open! IStd
 (** utilities for importing JSON specifications of sources/sinks into Quandary*)
 
 module Source : sig
-  type t = { procedure : string; kind : string; }
+  type t = { procedure : Str.regexp; kind : string; }
 
   val of_json : [> `List of Yojson.Basic.json list ] -> t list
-
-  val pp : Format.formatter -> t -> unit
 end
 
 module Sink : sig
-  type t = { procedure : string; kind : string; index : string; }
+  type t = { procedure : Str.regexp; kind : string; index : string; }
 
   val of_json : [> `List of Yojson.Basic.json list ] -> t list
-
-  val pp : Format.formatter -> t -> unit
 end
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/quandary/.inferconfig b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/quandary/.inferconfig
index d54b8916a..53ab60cb7 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/quandary/.inferconfig
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/quandary/.inferconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "quandary-sources": [
     {
-      "procedure": "codetoanalyze.java.quandary.ExternalSpecs.privateDataSource",
+      "procedure": "codetoanalyze.java.quandary.ExternalSpecs.privateData*",
       "kind": "PrivateData"
     }
   ],