diff --git a/config/attributescfg.go b/config/attributescfg.go
index 9b782e776..e277b2820 100644
--- a/config/attributescfg.go
+++ b/config/attributescfg.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ type AttributeSCfg struct {
 	SuffixIndexedFields *[]string
 	ProcessRuns         int
 	NestedFields        bool
+	AnyContext          bool
 }
 
 func (alS *AttributeSCfg) loadFromJSONCfg(jsnCfg *AttributeSJsonCfg) (err error) {
@@ -68,6 +69,9 @@ func (alS *AttributeSCfg) loadFromJSONCfg(jsnCfg *AttributeSJsonCfg) (err error)
 	if jsnCfg.Nested_fields != nil {
 		alS.NestedFields = *jsnCfg.Nested_fields
 	}
+	if jsnCfg.Any_context != nil {
+		alS.AnyContext = *jsnCfg.Any_context
+	}
 	return
 }
 
@@ -143,6 +147,7 @@ type AttributeSJsonCfg struct {
 	Suffix_indexed_fields *[]string
 	Nested_fields         *bool // applies when indexed fields is not defined
 	Process_runs          *int
+	Any_context           *bool
 }
 
 func diffAttributeSJsonCfg(d *AttributeSJsonCfg, v1, v2 *AttributeSCfg) *AttributeSJsonCfg {
diff --git a/config/config_defaults.go b/config/config_defaults.go
index 0d8e63c48..045559997 100644
--- a/config/config_defaults.go
+++ b/config/config_defaults.go
@@ -624,6 +624,7 @@ const CGRATES_CFG_JSON = `
 	"suffix_indexed_fields": [],			// query indexes based on these fields for faster processing
 	"nested_fields": false,					// determines which field is checked when matching indexed filters(true: all; false: only the one on the first level)
 	"process_runs": 1,						// number of run loops when processing event
+	"any_context": true,					// if we match the *any context
 },
 
 
diff --git a/engine/attributes.go b/engine/attributes.go
index 7971ef793..1ed94140f 100644
--- a/engine/attributes.go
+++ b/engine/attributes.go
@@ -73,11 +73,14 @@ func (alS *AttributeService) attributeProfileForEvent(apiCtx *context.Context, t
 			alS.cgrcfg.AttributeSCfg().IndexedSelects,
 			alS.cgrcfg.AttributeSCfg().NestedFields,
 		)
-		if err != nil {
-			if err != utils.ErrNotFound {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			if aPrflIDs, err = MatchingItemIDsForEvent(apiCtx, evNm,
+		if err != nil &&
+			err != utils.ErrNotFound {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if err == utils.ErrNotFound ||
+			alS.cgrcfg.AttributeSCfg().AnyContext {
+			var aPrflAnyIDs utils.StringSet
+			if aPrflAnyIDs, err = MatchingItemIDsForEvent(evNm,
 				alS.cgrcfg.AttributeSCfg().StringIndexedFields,
 				alS.cgrcfg.AttributeSCfg().PrefixIndexedFields,
 				alS.cgrcfg.AttributeSCfg().SuffixIndexedFields,
@@ -87,6 +90,11 @@ func (alS *AttributeService) attributeProfileForEvent(apiCtx *context.Context, t
 				alS.cgrcfg.AttributeSCfg().NestedFields); err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
+			if aPrflIDs.Size() == 0 {
+				aPrflIDs = aPrflAnyIDs
+			} else {
+				aPrflIDs = utils.JoinStringSet(aPrflIDs, aPrflAnyIDs)
+			}
 		}
 		attrIDs = aPrflIDs.AsSlice()
 	}