diff --git a/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator.Sandbox/Views/SignUpView.xaml.cs b/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator.Sandbox/Views/SignUpView.xaml.cs
index b2c26017b9..2538b0a18f 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator.Sandbox/Views/SignUpView.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator.Sandbox/Views/SignUpView.xaml.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 using Avalonia.Controls;
 using Avalonia.Markup.Xaml;
 
-
 namespace Avalonia.NameGenerator.Sandbox.Views
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.NameGenerator.Sandbox.Views
         public SignUpView()
         {
             AvaloniaXamlLoader.Load(this);
-            
+
             UserNameTextBox.Text = "Joseph!";
             UserNameValidation.Text = "User name is valid.";
             PasswordTextBox.Text = "qwerty";
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator.Tests/GlobPatternTests.cs b/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator.Tests/GlobPatternTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b21e659f30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator.Tests/GlobPatternTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+using Avalonia.NameGenerator.Generator;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Avalonia.NameGenerator.Tests
+{
+    public class GlobPatternTests
+    {
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("*", "anything", true)]
+        [InlineData("", "anything", false)]
+        [InlineData("Views/*", "Views/SignUpView.xaml", true)]
+        [InlineData("Views/*", "Extensions/SignUpView.xaml", false)]
+        [InlineData("*SignUpView*", "Extensions/SignUpView.xaml", true)]
+        [InlineData("*SignUpView.paml", "Extensions/SignUpView.xaml", false)]
+        [InlineData("*.xaml", "Extensions/SignUpView.xaml", true)]
+        public void Should_Match_Glob_Expressions(string pattern, string value, bool matches)
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(matches, new GlobPattern(pattern).Matches(value));
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("Views/SignUpView.xaml", true, new[] { "*.xaml", "Views/*" })]
+        [InlineData("Views/SignUpView.paml", false, new[] { "*.xaml", "Views/*" })]
+        [InlineData("Extensions/SignUpView.paml", false, new[] { "*.xaml", "Views/*" })]
+        [InlineData("anything", true, new[] { "*", "*" })]
+        [InlineData("anything", false, new[] { "", "" })]
+        public void Should_Match_Glob_Pattern_Groups(string value, bool matches, string[] patterns)
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(matches, new GlobPatternGroup(patterns).Matches(value));
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/AvaloniaNameSourceGenerator.cs b/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/AvaloniaNameSourceGenerator.cs
index d9bd3a4353..81a54ef412 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/AvaloniaNameSourceGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/AvaloniaNameSourceGenerator.cs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.NameGenerator
             var types = new RoslynTypeSystem((CSharpCompilation)context.Compilation);
             var compiler = MiniCompiler.CreateDefault(types, MiniCompiler.AvaloniaXmlnsDefinitionAttribute);
             return new AvaloniaNameGenerator(
+                new GlobPatternGroup(options.AvaloniaNameGeneratorFilterByPath),
                 new XamlXViewResolver(types, compiler, true, type => ReportInvalidType(context, type)),
                 new XamlXNameResolver(defaultFieldModifier),
                 generator);
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/Domain/IGlobPattern.cs b/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/Domain/IGlobPattern.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de75f7a197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/Domain/IGlobPattern.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+namespace Avalonia.NameGenerator.Domain
+{
+    public interface IGlobPattern
+    {
+        bool Matches(string str);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/Generator.props b/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/Generator.props
index bef9155210..d853dedc0d 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/Generator.props
+++ b/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/Generator.props
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AvaloniaNameGeneratorBehavior Condition="'$(AvaloniaNameGeneratorBehavior)' == ''">OnlyProperties</AvaloniaNameGeneratorBehavior>
     <AvaloniaNameGeneratorDefaultFieldModifier Condition="'$(AvaloniaNameGeneratorDefaultFieldModifier)' == ''">internal</AvaloniaNameGeneratorDefaultFieldModifier>
+    <AvaloniaNameGeneratorFilterByPath Condition="'$(AvaloniaNameGeneratorFilterByPath)' == ''">*</AvaloniaNameGeneratorFilterByPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <CompilerVisibleItemMetadata Include="AdditionalFiles" MetadataName="SourceItemGroup"/>
     <CompilerVisibleProperty Include="AvaloniaNameGeneratorBehavior" />
     <CompilerVisibleProperty Include="AvaloniaNameGeneratorDefaultFieldModifier" />
+    <CompilerVisibleProperty Include="AvaloniaNameGeneratorFilterByPath" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Target Name="_InjectAdditionalFiles" BeforeTargets="GenerateMSBuildEditorConfigFileShouldRun">
     <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/Generator/AvaloniaNameGenerator.cs b/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/Generator/AvaloniaNameGenerator.cs
index e65a3b6f38..aaa3955c29 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/Generator/AvaloniaNameGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/Generator/AvaloniaNameGenerator.cs
@@ -7,12 +7,18 @@ namespace Avalonia.NameGenerator.Generator
 {
     internal class AvaloniaNameGenerator : INameGenerator
     {
+        private readonly IGlobPattern _pathPattern;
         private readonly IViewResolver _classes;
         private readonly INameResolver _names;
         private readonly ICodeGenerator _code;
 
-        public AvaloniaNameGenerator(IViewResolver classes, INameResolver names, ICodeGenerator code)
+        public AvaloniaNameGenerator(
+            IGlobPattern pathPattern,
+            IViewResolver classes,
+            INameResolver names,
+            ICodeGenerator code)
         {
+            _pathPattern = pathPattern;
             _classes = classes;
             _names = names;
             _code = code;
@@ -22,6 +28,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.NameGenerator.Generator
         {
             var resolveViewsQuery =
                 from file in additionalFiles
+                where _pathPattern.Matches(file.Path)
                 where file.Path.EndsWith(".xaml") ||
                       file.Path.EndsWith(".paml") ||
                       file.Path.EndsWith(".axaml")
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/Generator/GlobPattern.cs b/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/Generator/GlobPattern.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b6a0c83c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/Generator/GlobPattern.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using Avalonia.NameGenerator.Domain;
+
+namespace Avalonia.NameGenerator.Generator
+{
+    public class GlobPattern : IGlobPattern
+    {
+        private const RegexOptions GlobOptions = RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Singleline;
+        private readonly Regex _regex;
+
+        public GlobPattern(string pattern)
+        {
+            var expression = "^" + Regex.Escape(pattern).Replace(@"\*", ".*").Replace(@"\?", ".") + "$";
+            _regex = new Regex(expression, GlobOptions);
+        }
+
+        public bool Matches(string str) => _regex.IsMatch(str);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/Generator/GlobPatternGroup.cs b/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/Generator/GlobPatternGroup.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dedc966435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/Generator/GlobPatternGroup.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using Avalonia.NameGenerator.Domain;
+
+namespace Avalonia.NameGenerator.Generator
+{
+    public class GlobPatternGroup : IGlobPattern
+    {
+        private readonly GlobPattern[] _patterns;
+
+        public GlobPatternGroup(IEnumerable<string> patterns) =>
+            _patterns = patterns
+                .Select(pattern => new GlobPattern(pattern))
+                .ToArray();
+
+        public bool Matches(string str) => _patterns.All(pattern => pattern.Matches(str));
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/GeneratorOptions.cs b/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/GeneratorOptions.cs
index caba30a095..9966905aef 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/GeneratorOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.NameGenerator/GeneratorOptions.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.NameGenerator
     {
         AvaloniaNameGeneratorBehavior = 0,
         AvaloniaNameGeneratorDefaultFieldModifier = 1,
+        AvaloniaNameGeneratorFilterByPath = 2,
     }
 
     public enum DefaultFieldModifier
@@ -58,5 +59,19 @@ namespace Avalonia.NameGenerator
                 return modifier;
             }
         }
+
+        public string[] AvaloniaNameGeneratorFilterByPath
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                var propertyValue = _context.GetMSBuildProperty(
+                    nameof(BuildProperties.AvaloniaNameGeneratorFilterByPath),
+                    "*");
+
+                if (propertyValue.Contains(";"))
+                    return propertyValue.Split(';');
+                return new[] {propertyValue};
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
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