diff --git a/src/main/java/vazkii/neat/HealthBarRenderer.java b/src/main/java/vazkii/neat/HealthBarRenderer.java
index a618553..56cff1c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/vazkii/neat/HealthBarRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/vazkii/neat/HealthBarRenderer.java
@@ -94,6 +94,17 @@ public void renderHealthBar(EntityLivingBase passedEntity, float partialTicks, E
 			String entityID = EntityList.getEntityString(entity);
 			if(NeatConfig.blacklist.contains(entityID))
 				continue;
+
+			boolean foundMatch = false;
+			for(String entry : NeatConfig.blacklist) {
+				if (foundMatch)
+					break;
+				if (entityID.matches(entry)) {
+					foundMatch = true;
+				}
+			}
+			if (foundMatch)
+				continue;
 			
 			processing: {
 				float distance = passedEntity.getDistanceToEntity(viewPoint);