diff --git a/src/js/util.js b/src/js/util.js
index c7c8fa7..aa384ea 100644
--- a/src/js/util.js
+++ b/src/js/util.js
@@ -658,7 +658,8 @@ exports.parsePath = function parsePath(jsonPath) {
       throw new SyntaxError('Index expected after [');
     }
 
-    prop = JSON.parse(jsonPath.substring(1, end));
+    var value = jsonPath.substring(1, end);
+    prop = value === '*' ? value : JSON.parse(value); // parse string and number
     remainder = jsonPath.substr(end + 1);
   }
   else {
diff --git a/test/util.test.js b/test/util.test.js
index 2549545..8ae25c2 100644
--- a/test/util.test.js
+++ b/test/util.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 var assert = require('assert');
 var util = require('../src/js/util');
 
+// console.log('TEST', util.parsePath('.items[3].name'));
+// console.log('TEST', util.parsePath('.items[*].name'));
+
 describe('util', function () {
 
   describe('sanitize', function () {
@@ -70,6 +73,7 @@ describe('util', function () {
       assert.deepEqual(util.parsePath('.foo[2]'), ['foo', 2]);
       assert.deepEqual(util.parsePath('.foo[2].bar'), ['foo', 2, 'bar']);
       assert.deepEqual(util.parsePath('.foo["prop with spaces"]'), ['foo', 'prop with spaces']);
+      assert.deepEqual(util.parsePath('.foo[*].bar'), ['foo', '*', 'bar']);
     });
 
     it ('should throw an exception in case of an invalid path', function () {