diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/package.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/package.bbclass
index 114d655..aa8451f 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/package.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/package.bbclass
@@ -1646,7 +1646,8 @@
                 prov = (this_soname, ldir, pkgver)
                 if not prov in sonames:
                     # if library is private (only used by package) then do not build shlib for it
-                    if not private_libs or this_soname not in private_libs:
+                    import fnmatch
+                    if not private_libs or len([i for i in private_libs if fnmatch.fnmatch(this_soname, i)]) == 0:
                         sonames.add(prov)
                 if libdir_re.match(os.path.dirname(file)):
                     needs_ldconfig = True
@@ -1829,7 +1830,8 @@
             # /opt/abc/lib/libfoo.so.1 and contains /usr/bin/abc depending on system library libfoo.so.1
             # but skipping it is still better alternative than providing own
             # version and then adding runtime dependency for the same system library
-            if private_libs and n[0] in private_libs:
+            import fnmatch
+            if private_libs and len([i for i in private_libs if fnmatch.fnmatch(n[0], i)]) > 0:
                 bb.debug(2, '%s: Dependency %s covered by PRIVATE_LIBS' % (pkg, n[0]))
                 continue
             if n[0] in shlib_provider.keys():