diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/digitalpebble/stormcrawler/protocol/DelegatorProtocol.java b/core/src/main/java/com/digitalpebble/stormcrawler/protocol/DelegatorProtocol.java
index e38a25818..bc397523b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/digitalpebble/stormcrawler/protocol/DelegatorProtocol.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/digitalpebble/stormcrawler/protocol/DelegatorProtocol.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import org.apache.storm.Config;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
@@ -28,9 +29,9 @@
 
 /**
  * Protocol implementation that enables selection from a collection of sub-protocols using filters
- * based on each call's metadata
+ * based on each call's metadata and URL.
  *
- * <p>Is configured like this
+ * <p>It is configured like this
  *
  * <pre>
  * protocol.delegator.config:
@@ -43,12 +44,15 @@
  * - className: "com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler.protocol.okhttp.HttpProtocol"
  *   filters:
  *     robots.txt:
- * - className: "com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler.protocol.okhttp.HttpProtocol"
+ *   regex:
+ *    - \.pdf
+ *    - \.doc
+ * - className: "com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler.protocol.selenium.SeleniumProtocol"
  * </pre>
  *
- * The last one in the list must not have filters as it is used as a default value. The protocols
- * are tried for matches in the order in which they are listed in the configuration. The first to
- * match gets used to fetch a URL.
+ * Typically, the last one in the list must not have filters as it is used as a default value. The
+ * protocols are tried for matches in the order in which they are listed in the configuration. The
+ * first to match gets used to fetch a URL.
  *
  * <p>A filter without value is valid, we just test for the presence of the key.
  *
@@ -56,6 +60,9 @@
  * files. This is automatically generated by the DelegatorProtocol, you don't need to add it to the
  * metadata explicitly.
  *
+ * <p>The regex are considered a hit if they are found in the URL, they do not have to match the
+ * entire URL. The operator logic applies to them as well.
+ *
  * @since 2.2
  */
 public class DelegatorProtocol implements Protocol {
@@ -83,6 +90,8 @@ static class FilteredProtocol {
         final List<Filter> filters = new ArrayList<>();
         final String id;
 
+        final List<java.util.regex.Pattern> urlPatterns = new ArrayList<>();
+
         enum Operator {
             AND,
             OR
@@ -99,7 +108,7 @@ Protocol getProtocolInstance() {
         /** Filterless implementation * */
         public FilteredProtocol(
                 @Nullable String id, @NotNull String protocolImpl, @NotNull Config config) {
-            this(id, protocolImpl, config, null, null);
+            this(id, protocolImpl, config, null, null, null);
         }
 
         public FilteredProtocol(
@@ -107,7 +116,8 @@ public FilteredProtocol(
                 @NotNull String protocolImpl,
                 @NotNull Config config,
                 @Nullable Map<String, String> filterImpls,
-                @Nullable String op) {
+                @Nullable String op,
+                @Nullable List<String> regexps) {
 
             protoInstance =
                     InitialisationUtil.initializeFromQualifiedName(protocolImpl, Protocol.class);
@@ -123,15 +133,21 @@ public FilteredProtocol(
                 this.operator = Operator.valueOf(op);
             }
 
+            // regular expressions
+            if (regexps != null) {
+                regexps.forEach(s -> urlPatterns.add(Pattern.compile(s)));
+            }
+
             this.id = id;
 
             // log filters found
             LOG.info(
-                    "Loaded {} filters for {}; id {}; operator {}",
+                    "Loaded {} filters for {}; id {}; operator {}; regexp {}",
                     filters.size(),
                     protocolImpl,
                     id,
-                    operator);
+                    operator,
+                    urlPatterns.size());
         }
 
         public ProtocolResponse getProtocolOutput(String url, Metadata metadata) throws Exception {
@@ -146,9 +162,9 @@ public void cleanup() {
             protoInstance.cleanup();
         }
 
-        boolean isMatch(final Metadata metadata) {
-            // if this FP has no filters - it can handle anything
-            if (filters.isEmpty()) return true;
+        boolean isMatch(final String url, final Metadata metadata) {
+            // if this FP has no filters nor regexps - it can handle anything
+            if (filters.isEmpty() && urlPatterns.isEmpty()) return true;
 
             boolean atLeastOneMatch = false;
 
@@ -179,7 +195,18 @@ boolean isMatch(final Metadata metadata) {
                 else if (operator.equals(Operator.OR) && match) return true;
             }
 
-            // if we get to this point and the operator is AND is means everything has
+            // same approach with the URLs
+            for (Pattern p : urlPatterns) {
+                boolean found = p.asPredicate().test(url);
+                if (found) {
+                    atLeastOneMatch = true;
+                }
+                // optimisation
+                if (operator.equals(Operator.AND) && !found) return false;
+                else if (operator.equals(Operator.OR) && found) return true;
+            }
+
+            // if we get to this point and the operator is AND, it means everything has
             // matched
             // but if the operator is OR we need to check that something has matched at all
 
@@ -207,15 +234,21 @@ public void configure(@NotNull Config conf) {
                 final Object filters = subConf.get("filters");
                 final String operator = (String) subConf.get("operator");
                 final String id = (String) subConf.get("id");
+                final Object regexp = subConf.get("regex");
 
                 FilteredProtocol protocol;
-                if (filters == null) {
+                if (filters == null && regexp == null) {
                     protocol = new FilteredProtocol(id, className, conf);
                 } else {
                     // noinspection unchecked
                     protocol =
                             new FilteredProtocol(
-                                    id, className, conf, (Map<String, String>) filters, operator);
+                                    id,
+                                    className,
+                                    conf,
+                                    (Map<String, String>) filters,
+                                    operator,
+                                    (List<String>) regexp);
                 }
                 protocols.add(protocol);
             }
@@ -238,7 +271,7 @@ public void configure(@NotNull Config conf) {
     final FilteredProtocol getProtocolFor(String url, Metadata metadata) {
 
         for (FilteredProtocol p : protocols) {
-            if (p.isMatch(metadata)) {
+            if (p.isMatch(url, metadata)) {
                 return p;
             }
         }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/digitalpebble/stormcrawler/protocol/DelegationProtocolTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/digitalpebble/stormcrawler/protocol/DelegationProtocolTest.java
index 8c5ef6b31..ef10e7b04 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/digitalpebble/stormcrawler/protocol/DelegationProtocolTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/digitalpebble/stormcrawler/protocol/DelegationProtocolTest.java
@@ -88,6 +88,15 @@ public void getProtocolTest() throws FileNotFoundException {
 
         pf = superProto.getProtocolFor("https://www.example-two.com", meta);
 
-        Assert.assertEquals(pf.id, "third");
+        // URLs
+        meta = new Metadata();
+
+        pf = superProto.getProtocolFor("https://www.example-two.com/large.pdf", meta);
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(pf.id, "fourth");
+
+        pf = superProto.getProtocolFor("https://www.example-two.com/large.doc", meta);
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(pf.id, "fourth");
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/delegator-conf.yaml b/core/src/test/resources/delegator-conf.yaml
index 48a1bf210..4422f3c09 100644
--- a/core/src/test/resources/delegator-conf.yaml
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/delegator-conf.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ config:
       filters:
         ping:
         pong:
+    - className: "com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler.protocol.DummyProtocol"
+      id: "fourth"
+      operator: OR
+      regex:
+        - \.pdf
+        - \.doc
     - className: "com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler.protocol.DummyProtocol"
       id: "default"