diff --git a/tests/test_matcher.py b/tests/test_matcher.py
index f0bbaec..56fdc7e 100644
--- a/tests/test_matcher.py
+++ b/tests/test_matcher.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ def test_matcher_add_remove_get():
     matcher.add_or_update(1, patterns)
     assert matcher.match("http://example.com") == 1
     assert matcher.get(1) is patterns
+    assert list(matcher.match_universal()) == []
 
     patterns_3 = Patterns(["example.com/articles"])
     matcher.add_or_update(3, patterns_3)
@@ -93,12 +94,14 @@ def test_matcher_add_remove_get():
     assert matcher.match("http://example.com") == 2
     assert matcher.match("http://example.com/products") == 1
     assert matcher.get(2) is univ_patterns
+    assert list(matcher.match_universal()) == [2]
 
     # Removing a universal pattern
     matcher.remove(2)
     assert matcher.match("http://example.com") is None
     assert matcher.match("http://example.com/products") == 1
     assert matcher.get(2) is None
+    assert list(matcher.match_universal()) == []
 
     # Removing regular patterns
     matcher.remove(3)
@@ -161,3 +164,26 @@ def test_match_all():
     assert list(matcher.match_all("http://example.com/products")) == [1]
     assert list(matcher.match_all("http://foo.example.com/products")) == [2, 1]
     assert list(matcher.match_all("http://bar.example.com/products")) == [3, 4, 1]
+
+
+def test_match_all_include_universal():
+    matcher = URLMatcher()
+    matcher.add_or_update(1, Patterns(include=["example.com"]))
+    matcher.add_or_update(2, Patterns(include=[]))
+    matcher.add_or_update(3, Patterns(include=["foo.example.com"]))
+    matcher.add_or_update(4, Patterns(include=[""]))
+    assert list(matcher.match_all("http://example.com")) == [1, 4, 2]
+    assert list(matcher.match_all("http://example.com", include_universal=False)) == [1]
+    assert list(matcher.match_all("http://foo.example.com")) == [3, 1, 4, 2]
+    assert list(matcher.match_all("http://foo.example.com", include_universal=False)) == [3, 1]
+    assert list(matcher.match_all("http://example.net")) == [4, 2]
+    assert list(matcher.match_all("http://example.net", include_universal=False)) == []
+
+
+def test_match_universal():
+    matcher = URLMatcher()
+    matcher.add_or_update(1, Patterns(include=["example.com"]))
+    matcher.add_or_update(2, Patterns(include=[]))
+    matcher.add_or_update(3, Patterns(include=["foo.example.com"]))
+    matcher.add_or_update(4, Patterns(include=[""]))
+    assert list(matcher.match_universal()) == [4, 2]
diff --git a/url_matcher/matcher.py b/url_matcher/matcher.py
index 99a3544..2c8c269 100644
--- a/url_matcher/matcher.py
+++ b/url_matcher/matcher.py
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ def __init__(self, data: Union[Mapping[Any, Patterns], Iterable[Tuple[Any, Patte
                      initialize the object from
         """
         self.matchers_by_domain: Dict[str, List[PatternsMatcher]] = {}
+        self.matchers_universal: List[PatternsMatcher] = []
         self.patterns: Dict[Any, Patterns] = {}
 
         if data:
@@ -151,15 +152,21 @@ def remove(self, identifier: Any):
     def get(self, identifier: Any) -> Optional[Patterns]:
         return self.patterns.get(identifier)
 
-    def match(self, url: str) -> Optional[Any]:
-        return next(self.match_all(url), None)
+    def match(self, url: str, *, include_universal=True) -> Optional[Any]:
+        return next(self.match_all(url, include_universal=include_universal), None)
 
-    def match_all(self, url: str) -> Iterator[Any]:
+    def match_all(self, url: str, *, include_universal=True) -> Iterator[Any]:
         domain = get_domain(url)
-        for matcher in chain(self.matchers_by_domain.get(domain) or [], self.matchers_by_domain.get("") or []):
+        matchers: Iterable[PatternsMatcher] = self.matchers_by_domain.get(domain) or []
+        if include_universal:
+            matchers = chain(matchers, self.matchers_universal)
+        for matcher in matchers:
             if matcher.match(url):
                 yield matcher.identifier
 
+    def match_universal(self) -> Iterator[Any]:
+        return (m.identifier for m in self.matchers_universal)
+
     def _sort_domain(self, domain: str):
         """
         Sort all the rules within a domain so that the matching can be done in sequence:
@@ -179,6 +186,7 @@ def sort_key(matcher: PatternsMatcher) -> Tuple:
             return (matcher.patterns.priority, sorted_includes, matcher.identifier)
 
         self.matchers_by_domain[domain].sort(key=sort_key, reverse=True)
+        self.matchers_universal.sort(key=sort_key, reverse=True)
 
     def _del_matcher(self, domain: str, identifier: Any):
         matchers = self.matchers_by_domain[domain]
@@ -188,10 +196,16 @@ def _del_matcher(self, domain: str, identifier: Any):
                 break
         if not matchers:
             del self.matchers_by_domain[domain]
+        for idx in range(len(self.matchers_universal)):
+            if self.matchers_universal[idx].identifier == identifier:
+                del self.matchers_universal[idx]
+                break
 
     def _add_matcher(self, domain: str, matcher: PatternsMatcher):
         # FIXME: This can be made much more efficient if we insert the data directly in order instead of resorting.
         # The bisect module could be used for this purpose.
         # I'm leaving it for the future as insertion time is not critical.
         self.matchers_by_domain.setdefault(domain, []).append(matcher)
+        if domain == "":
+            self.matchers_universal.append(matcher)
         self._sort_domain(domain)