diff --git a/socketio/server.py b/socketio/server.py
index 227ff80..55e47a4 100644
--- a/socketio/server.py
+++ b/socketio/server.py
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ class Server(object):
         namespace = namespace or '/'
         self.logger.info('received event "%s" from %s [%s]', data[0], sid,
                          namespace)
+        self._trigger_event('*', namespace, sid, *data)
         r = self._trigger_event(data[0], namespace, sid, *data[1:])
         if id is not None:
             # send ACK packet with the response returned by the handler
diff --git a/tests/test_server.py b/tests/test_server.py
index 372f61a..6b38972 100644
--- a/tests/test_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_server.py
@@ -269,6 +269,13 @@ class TestServer(unittest.TestCase):
         s._handle_eio_message('123', '2["my message","a","b","c"]')
         handler.assert_called_once_with('123', 'a', 'b', 'c')
 
+    def test_handle_event_wildcard(self, eio):
+        s = server.Server()
+        handler = mock.MagicMock()
+        s.on('*', handler)
+        s._handle_eio_message('123', '2["my message","a","b","c"]')
+        handler.assert_called_once_with('123', 'my message', 'a', 'b', 'c')
+
     def test_handle_event_with_namespace(self, eio):
         s = server.Server()
         handler = mock.MagicMock()