diff --git a/meilisearch-types/src/index_uid_pattern.rs b/meilisearch-types/src/index_uid_pattern.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f82e83db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meilisearch-types/src/index_uid_pattern.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::fmt;
+use std::str::FromStr;
+
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+use crate::error::{Code, ErrorCode};
+use crate::index_uid::{IndexUid, IndexUidFormatError};
+
+/// An index uid pattern is composed of only ascii alphanumeric characters, - and _, between 1 and 400
+/// bytes long and optionally ending with a *.
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct IndexUidPattern(
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "test-traits", proptest(regex("[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,400}\\*?")))] String,
+);
+
+impl IndexUidPattern {
+    /// Returns wether this index uid matches this index uid pattern.
+    pub fn matches(&self, uid: &IndexUid) -> bool {
+        self.matches_str(uid.as_str())
+    }
+
+    /// Returns wether this string matches this index uid pattern.
+    pub fn matches_str(&self, uid: &str) -> bool {
+        match self.0.strip_suffix('*') {
+            Some(prefix) => uid.starts_with(prefix),
+            None => self.0 == uid,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::ops::Deref for IndexUidPattern {
+    type Target = str;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        &self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<String> for IndexUidPattern {
+    type Error = IndexUidPatternFormatError;
+
+    fn try_from(uid: String) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        let result = match uid.strip_suffix('*') {
+            Some(prefix) => IndexUid::from_str(prefix).map(|_| IndexUidPattern(uid)),
+            None => IndexUid::try_from(uid).map(IndexUid::into_inner).map(IndexUidPattern),
+        };
+
+        match result {
+            Ok(index_uid_pattern) => Ok(index_uid_pattern),
+            Err(IndexUidFormatError { invalid_uid }) => {
+                Err(IndexUidPatternFormatError { invalid_uid })
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for IndexUidPattern {
+    type Err = IndexUidPatternFormatError;
+
+    fn from_str(uid: &str) -> Result<IndexUidPattern, IndexUidPatternFormatError> {
+        uid.to_string().try_into()
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<IndexUidPattern> for String {
+    fn from(IndexUidPattern(uid): IndexUidPattern) -> Self {
+        uid
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct IndexUidPatternFormatError {
+    pub invalid_uid: String,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for IndexUidPatternFormatError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(
+            f,
+            "`{}` is not a valid index uid pattern. Index uid patterns \
+            can be an integer or a string containing only alphanumeric \
+            characters, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and \
+            optionally end with a star (*).",
+            self.invalid_uid,
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error for IndexUidPatternFormatError {}
+
+impl ErrorCode for IndexUidPatternFormatError {
+    fn error_code(&self) -> Code {
+        // TODO should I return a new error code?
+        Code::InvalidIndexUid
+    }
+}
diff --git a/meilisearch-types/src/lib.rs b/meilisearch-types/src/lib.rs
index c7f7ca7f5..22caa8114 100644
--- a/meilisearch-types/src/lib.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-types/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ pub mod compression;
 pub mod document_formats;
 pub mod error;
 pub mod index_uid;
+pub mod index_uid_pattern;
 pub mod keys;
 pub mod settings;
 pub mod star_or;