diff --git a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/view/UrlBasedViewResolver.java b/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/view/UrlBasedViewResolver.java
index 5449493789..e6db4c6f37 100644
--- a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/view/UrlBasedViewResolver.java
+++ b/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/view/UrlBasedViewResolver.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
+import org.springframework.util.PatternMatchUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.View;
 
 
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@ public class UrlBasedViewResolver extends ViewResolverSupport implements Initial
 
 	private String suffix = "";
 
+	private String[] viewNames;
+
 
 	/**
 	 * Set the view class to instantiate through {@link #createUrlBasedView(String)}.
@@ -120,6 +123,25 @@ public class UrlBasedViewResolver extends ViewResolverSupport implements Initial
 		return this.suffix;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set the view names (or name patterns) that can be handled by this
+	 * {@link org.springframework.web.reactive.ViewResolver}. View names can
+	 * contain simple wildcards such that 'my*', '*Report' and '*Repo*' will
+	 * all match the view name 'myReport'.
+	 * @see #canHandle
+	 */
+	public void setViewNames(String... viewNames) {
+		this.viewNames = viewNames;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the view names (or name patterns) that can be handled by this
+	 * {@link org.springframework.web.reactive.ViewResolver}.
+	 */
+	protected String[] getViewNames() {
+		return this.viewNames;
+	}
+
 
 	@Override
 	public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
@@ -131,6 +153,9 @@ public class UrlBasedViewResolver extends ViewResolverSupport implements Initial
 
 	@Override
 	public Mono<View> resolveViewName(String viewName, Locale locale) {
+		if (!canHandle(viewName, locale)) {
+			return Mono.empty();
+		}
 		AbstractUrlBasedView urlBasedView = createUrlBasedView(viewName);
 		View view = applyLifecycleMethods(viewName, urlBasedView);
 		try {
@@ -141,6 +166,22 @@ public class UrlBasedViewResolver extends ViewResolverSupport implements Initial
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Indicates whether or not this
+	 * {@link org.springframework.web.reactive.ViewResolver} can handle the
+	 * supplied view name. If not, an empty result is returned. The default
+	 * implementation checks against the configured {@link #setViewNames
+	 * view names}.
+	 * @param viewName the name of the view to retrieve
+	 * @param locale the Locale to retrieve the view for
+	 * @return whether this resolver applies to the specified view
+	 * @see org.springframework.util.PatternMatchUtils#simpleMatch(String, String)
+	 */
+	protected boolean canHandle(String viewName, Locale locale) {
+		String[] viewNames = getViewNames();
+		return (viewNames == null || PatternMatchUtils.simpleMatch(viewNames, viewName));
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new View instance of the specified view class and configures it.
 	 * Does <i>not</i> perform any lookup for pre-defined View instances.
diff --git a/spring-web-reactive/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/view/UrlBasedViewResolverTests.java b/spring-web-reactive/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/view/UrlBasedViewResolverTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1595dde4c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-web-reactive/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/view/UrlBasedViewResolverTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.web.reactive.view;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
+import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
+
+import org.springframework.context.support.StaticApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.core.io.buffer.DataBuffer;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.View;
+import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for {@link UrlBasedViewResolver}.
+ *
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ */
+public class UrlBasedViewResolverTests {
+
+
+	@Test
+	public void viewNames() throws Exception {
+		StaticApplicationContext context = new StaticApplicationContext();
+		context.refresh();
+
+		UrlBasedViewResolver resolver = new UrlBasedViewResolver();
+		resolver.setViewClass(TestView.class);
+		resolver.setViewNames("my*");
+		resolver.setApplicationContext(context);
+
+		Mono<View> mono = resolver.resolveViewName("my-view", Locale.US);
+		assertNotNull(mono.get());
+
+		mono = resolver.resolveViewName("not-my-view", Locale.US);
+		assertNull(mono.get());
+	}
+
+
+	private static class TestView extends AbstractUrlBasedView {
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean checkResourceExists(Locale locale) throws Exception {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		protected Flux<DataBuffer> renderInternal(Map<String, Object> attributes, ServerWebExchange exchange) {
+			return Flux.empty();
+		}
+	}
+
+}