diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e1b7be05a..680b5f980 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@
 /man/actionlint.1.html
 /playground-dist
 /actionlint-workflow-ast
+# IntelliJ IDE Folder
+.idea/
diff --git a/rule_runner_label.go b/rule_runner_label.go
index bb2c17af5..69758794f 100644
--- a/rule_runner_label.go
+++ b/rule_runner_label.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package actionlint
 
 import (
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -205,7 +206,12 @@ func (rule *RuleRunnerLabel) verifyRunnerLabel(label *String) runnerOSCompat {
 
 	known := rule.getKnownLabels()
 	for _, k := range known {
-		if strings.EqualFold(l, k) {
+		matched, err := filepath.Match(k, l)
+		if matched {
+			return compatInvalid
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			rule.Errorf(label.Pos, "label pattern %q is an invalid glob, kindly check list of labels in actionlint.yaml config file: %v", k, err)
 			return compatInvalid
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/rule_runner_label_test.go b/rule_runner_label_test.go
index 0453ca45b..11f676fa2 100644
--- a/rule_runner_label_test.go
+++ b/rule_runner_label_test.go
@@ -63,6 +63,17 @@ func TestRuleRunnerLabelCheckLabels(t *testing.T) {
 			labels: []string{"self-hosted", "foo", "bar", "linux"},
 			known:  []string{"foo", "bar"},
 		},
+		{
+			what:   "user-defined labels with patterns",
+			labels: []string{"self-hosted", "INSTANCE_TYPE=m6a.large", "some-base-prefix:size=large&cpu=8"},
+			known:  []string{"INSTANCE_TYPE=*", "some-base-prefix:size=*&cpu=?"},
+		},
+		{
+			what:   "user-defined labels with invalid glob pattern",
+			labels: []string{"self-hosted", "INSTANCE_TYPE=m6a.large"},
+			known:  []string{"INSTANCE_TYPE=["},
+			errs:   []string{`label pattern "INSTANCE_TYPE=[" is an invalid glob, kindly check list of labels in actionlint.yaml config file: syntax error in pattern`},
+		},
 		{
 			what:   "matrix",
 			labels: []string{"${{matrix.os}}"},