diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/security/tools/keytool/Main.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/security/tools/keytool/Main.java
index 00287e7b4f3..9c04e605890 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/security/tools/keytool/Main.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/security/tools/keytool/Main.java
@@ -3982,9 +3982,10 @@ private static int oneOf(String s, String... list) throws Exception {
      * Create a GeneralName object from known types
      * @param t one of 5 known types
      * @param v value
+     * @param exttype X.509 extension type
      * @return which one
      */
-    private GeneralName createGeneralName(String t, String v)
+    private GeneralName createGeneralName(String t, String v, int exttype)
             throws Exception {
         GeneralNameInterface gn;
         int p = oneOf(t, "EMAIL", "URI", "DNS", "IP", "OID");
@@ -3995,7 +3996,14 @@ private GeneralName createGeneralName(String t, String v)
         switch (p) {
             case 0: gn = new RFC822Name(v); break;
             case 1: gn = new URIName(v); break;
-            case 2: gn = new DNSName(v); break;
+            case 2:
+                if (exttype == 3) {
+                    // Allow wildcard only for SAN extension
+                    gn = new DNSName(v, true);
+                } else {
+                    gn = new DNSName(v);
+                }
+                break;
             case 3: gn = new IPAddressName(v); break;
             default: gn = new OIDName(v); break; //4
         }
@@ -4249,7 +4257,7 @@ private CertificateExtensions createV3Extensions(
                                 }
                                 String t = item.substring(0, colonpos);
                                 String v = item.substring(colonpos+1);
-                                gnames.add(createGeneralName(t, v));
+                                gnames.add(createGeneralName(t, v, exttype));
                             }
                             if (exttype == 3) {
                                 ext.set(SubjectAlternativeNameExtension.NAME,
@@ -4305,7 +4313,7 @@ private CertificateExtensions createV3Extensions(
                                     oid = new ObjectIdentifier("1.3.6.1.5.5.7.48." + p);
                                 }
                                 accessDescriptions.add(new AccessDescription(
-                                        oid, createGeneralName(t, v)));
+                                        oid, createGeneralName(t, v, exttype)));
                             }
                             if (exttype == 5) {
                                 ext.set(SubjectInfoAccessExtension.NAME,
@@ -4330,7 +4338,7 @@ private CertificateExtensions createV3Extensions(
                                 }
                                 String t = item.substring(0, colonpos);
                                 String v = item.substring(colonpos+1);
-                                gnames.add(createGeneralName(t, v));
+                                gnames.add(createGeneralName(t, v, exttype));
                             }
                             ext.set(CRLDistributionPointsExtension.NAME,
                                     new CRLDistributionPointsExtension(
diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/security/x509/DNSName.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/security/x509/DNSName.java
index edc46771706..0be1f224039 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/security/x509/DNSName.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/security/x509/DNSName.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2020, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -69,9 +69,10 @@ public DNSName(DerValue derValue) throws IOException {
      * Create the DNSName object with the specified name.
      *
      * @param name the DNSName.
-     * @throws IOException if the name is not a valid DNSName subjectAltName
+     * @param allowWildcard the flag for wildcard checking.
+     * @throws IOException if the name is not a valid DNSName
      */
-    public DNSName(String name) throws IOException {
+    public DNSName(String name, boolean allowWildcard) throws IOException {
         if (name == null || name.length() == 0)
             throw new IOException("DNSName must not be null or empty");
         if (name.contains(" "))
@@ -91,9 +92,26 @@ public DNSName(String name) throws IOException {
             if (endIndex - startIndex < 1)
                 throw new IOException("DNSName with empty components are not permitted");
 
-            // RFC 1123: DNSName components must begin with a letter or digit
-            if (alphaDigits.indexOf(name.charAt(startIndex)) < 0)
-                throw new IOException("DNSName components must begin with a letter or digit");
+            if (allowWildcard) {
+                // RFC 1123: DNSName components must begin with a letter or digit
+                // or RFC 4592: the first component of a DNSName can have only a wildcard
+                // character * (asterisk), i.e. *.example.com. Asterisks at other components
+                // will not be allowed as a wildcard.
+                if (alphaDigits.indexOf(name.charAt(startIndex)) < 0) {
+                    // Checking to make sure the wildcard only appears in the first component,
+                    // and it has to be at least 3-char long with the form of *.[alphaDigit]
+                    if ((name.length() < 3) || (name.indexOf('*', 0) != 0) ||
+                        (name.charAt(startIndex+1) != '.') ||
+                        (alphaDigits.indexOf(name.charAt(startIndex+2)) < 0))
+                        throw new IOException("DNSName components must begin with a letter, digit, "
+                            + "or the first component can have only a wildcard character *");
+                }
+            } else {
+                // RFC 1123: DNSName components must begin with a letter or digit
+                if (alphaDigits.indexOf(name.charAt(startIndex)) < 0)
+                    throw new IOException("DNSName components must begin with a letter or digit");
+            }
+
             //nonStartIndex: index for characters in the component beyond the first one
             for (int nonStartIndex=startIndex+1; nonStartIndex < endIndex; nonStartIndex++) {
                 char x = name.charAt(nonStartIndex);
@@ -104,6 +122,15 @@ public DNSName(String name) throws IOException {
         this.name = name;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create the DNSName object with the specified name.
+     *
+     * @param name the DNSName.
+     * @throws IOException if the name is not a valid DNSName
+     */
+    public DNSName(String name) throws IOException {
+        this(name, false);
+    }
 
     /**
      * Return the type of the GeneralName.
diff --git a/jdk/test/sun/security/x509/GeneralName/DNSNameTest.java b/jdk/test/sun/security/x509/GeneralName/DNSNameTest.java
index 490c8f534dc..be7f082e70b 100644
--- a/jdk/test/sun/security/x509/GeneralName/DNSNameTest.java
+++ b/jdk/test/sun/security/x509/GeneralName/DNSNameTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, 2020, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 /**
  * @test
  * @summary DNSName parsing tests
- * @bug 8213952
+ * @bug 8213952 8186143
  * @modules java.base/sun.security.x509
  * @run testng DNSNameTest
  */
@@ -53,6 +53,23 @@ public Object[][] goodNames() {
         return data;
     }
 
+    @DataProvider(name = "goodSanNames")
+    public Object[][] goodSanNames() {
+        Object[][] data = {
+                {"abc.com"},
+                {"ABC.COM"},
+                {"a12.com"},
+                {"a1b2c3.com"},
+                {"1abc.com"},
+                {"123.com"},
+                {"abc.com-"}, // end with hyphen
+                {"a-b-c.com"}, // hyphens
+                {"*.domain.com"}, // wildcard in 1st level subdomain
+                {"*.com"},
+        };
+        return data;
+    }
+
     @DataProvider(name = "badNames")
     public Object[][] badNames() {
         Object[][] data = {
@@ -65,10 +82,34 @@ public Object[][] badNames() {
                 {"a."}, // end with .
                 {""}, // empty
                 {"  "},  // space only
+                {"*.domain.com"}, // wildcard not allowed
+                {"a*.com"}, // only allow letter, digit, or hyphen
+        };
+        return data;
+    }
+
+    @DataProvider(name = "badSanNames")
+    public Object[][] badSanNames() {
+        Object[][] data = {
+                {" 1abc.com"}, // begin with space
+                {"1abc.com "}, // end with space
+                {"1a bc.com "}, // no space allowed
+                {"-abc.com"}, // begin with hyphen
+                {"a..b"}, // ..
+                {".a"}, // begin with .
+                {"a."}, // end with .
+                {""}, // empty
+                {"  "},  // space only
+                {"*"}, //  wildcard only
+                {"*a.com"}, // partial wildcard disallowed
+                {"abc.*.com"}, // wildcard not allowed in 2nd level
+                {"*.*.domain.com"}, // double wildcard not allowed
+                {"a*.com"}, // only allow letter, digit, or hyphen
         };
         return data;
     }
 
+
     @Test(dataProvider = "goodNames")
     public void testGoodDNSName(String dnsNameString) {
         try {
@@ -78,6 +119,15 @@ public void testGoodDNSName(String dnsNameString) {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test(dataProvider = "goodSanNames")
+    public void testGoodSanDNSName(String dnsNameString) {
+        try {
+            DNSName dn = new DNSName(dnsNameString, true);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            fail("Unexpected IOException");
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test(dataProvider = "badNames")
     public void testBadDNSName(String dnsNameString) {
         try {
@@ -88,4 +138,15 @@ public void testBadDNSName(String dnsNameString) {
                 fail("Unexpeceted message: " + e);
         }
     }
+
+    @Test(dataProvider = "badSanNames")
+    public void testBadSanDNSName(String dnsNameString) {
+        try {
+            DNSName dn = new DNSName(dnsNameString, true);
+            fail("IOException expected");
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            if (!e.getMessage().contains("DNSName"))
+                fail("Unexpeceted message: " + e);
+        }
+    }
 }