diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/urlmatch.py b/qutebrowser/utils/urlmatch.py
index 49551cba2..cf6a5d4da 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/urlmatch.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/urlmatch.py
@@ -119,7 +119,11 @@ class UrlPattern:
             host_parts = host_parts[1:]
             self._match_subdomains = True
         self._host = '.'.join(host_parts)
-        if '*' in self._host:
+
+        if self._host.endswith('.*'):
+            # Special case to have a nicer error
+            raise ParseError("TLD wildcards are not implemented yet")
+        elif '*' in self._host:
             # Only * or *.foo is allowed as host.
             raise ParseError("Invalid host wildcard")
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/test_urlmatch.py b/tests/unit/utils/test_urlmatch.py
index ff24053db..496a14c7f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils/test_urlmatch.py
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/test_urlmatch.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ from qutebrowser.utils import urlmatch
     ("http://*foo/bar", "Invalid host wildcard"),
     ("http://foo.*.bar/baz", "Invalid host wildcard"),
     ("http://fo.*.ba:123/baz", "Invalid host wildcard"),
-    ("http://foo.*/bar", "Invalid host wildcard"),
+    ("http://foo.*/bar", "TLD wildcards are not implemented yet"),
 
     # Chromium: PARSE_ERROR_INVALID_PORT
     ("http://foo:/", "Empty port"),