diff --git a/js/id/presets/preset.js b/js/id/presets/preset.js
index f7cf8ba6c..64f61ab78 100644
--- a/js/id/presets/preset.js
+++ b/js/id/presets/preset.js
@@ -13,12 +13,18 @@ iD.presets.Preset = function(preset, forms) {
     };
 
     preset.matchTags = function(entity) {
-        var tags = preset.match.tags;
+        var tags = preset.match.tags,
+            score = 0;
         for (var t in tags) {
-            if (entity.tags[t] !== tags[t] &&
-                !(tags[t] === '*' && t in entity.tags)) return -1;
+            if (entity.tags[t] === tags[t]) {
+                score ++;
+            } else if (tags[t] === '*' && t in entity.tags) {
+                score += 0.5;
+            } else {
+                return -1;
+            }
         }
-        return Object.keys(preset.match.tags).length;
+        return score;
     };
 
     preset.removeTags = function(tags, geometry) {
diff --git a/test/spec/presets/preset.js b/test/spec/presets/preset.js
index 0e6b15652..8b7a85761 100644
--- a/test/spec/presets/preset.js
+++ b/test/spec/presets/preset.js
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ describe('iD.presets.Preset', function() {
         });
 
         it("counts * as a match for any value", function() {
-            expect(p.building.matchTags(w4)).to.equal(1);
+            expect(p.building.matchTags(w4)).to.equal(0.5);
             expect(p.building.matchTags(w5)).to.equal(-1);
         });