diff --git a/src/common/config/config_file.cpp b/src/common/config/config_file.cpp
index 0bb0df21c75..c64125f8168 100644
--- a/src/common/config/config_file.cpp
+++ b/src/common/config/config_file.cpp
@@ -961,3 +961,37 @@ bool ConfigFile::Parameter::asBoolean() const
 		value.equalsNoCase("yes") ||
 		value.equalsNoCase("y");
 }
+
+/******************************************************************************
+ *
+ *	Parse name as a section key
+ */
+
+ConfigFile::SectionType ConfigFile::Parameter::parseSectionKey() const
+{
+	if (name == "database")
+	{
+		return SectionType::DATABASE;
+	}
+	else if (name == "databaseName")
+	{
+		return SectionType::DATABASE_NAME;
+	}
+	else if (name == "databaseRegex")
+	{
+		return SectionType::DATABASE_REGEX;
+	}
+	else if (name == "service")
+	{
+		return SectionType::SERVICE;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		fatal_exception::raiseFmt("error while parsing trace configuration\n\t"
+			"line %d: wrong section header, \"database\", \"databaseName\", \"databaseRegex\" or \"service\" is expected",
+			line);
+
+		// Return something to calm down the compiler
+		return SectionType::DATABASE;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/common/config/config_file.h b/src/common/config/config_file.h
index 50473e09188..ff4c35db5cd 100644
--- a/src/common/config/config_file.h
+++ b/src/common/config/config_file.h
@@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ class ConfigFile : public Firebird::AutoStorage, public Firebird::RefCounted
 		virtual const char* getFileName() const = 0;
 	};
 
+	// Possible section types
+	enum class SectionType
+	{
+		DATABASE,
+		DATABASE_NAME,
+		DATABASE_REGEX,
+		SERVICE
+	};
+
 	struct Parameter : public AutoStorage
 	{
 		Parameter(MemoryPool& p, const Parameter& par)
@@ -87,6 +96,7 @@ class ConfigFile : public Firebird::AutoStorage, public Firebird::RefCounted
 
 		SINT64 asInteger() const;
 		bool asBoolean() const;
+		SectionType parseSectionKey() const;
 
 		KeyType name;
 		String value;
diff --git a/src/utilities/ntrace/TraceConfiguration.cpp b/src/utilities/ntrace/TraceConfiguration.cpp
index fb5518515d9..608cfc08e42 100644
--- a/src/utilities/ntrace/TraceConfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/utilities/ntrace/TraceConfiguration.cpp
@@ -89,12 +89,8 @@ void TraceCfgReader::readConfig()
 	{
 		const ConfigFile::Parameter* section = &params[n];
 
-		const bool isDatabase = (section->name == "database");
-		if (!isDatabase && section->name != "services")
-			//continue;
-			fatal_exception::raiseFmt(ERROR_PREFIX
-				"line %d: wrong section header, \"database\" or \"service\" is expected",
-				section->line);
+		const ConfigFile::SectionType sectionType = section->parseSectionKey();
+		const bool isDatabase = (sectionType != ConfigFile::SectionType::SERVICE);
 
 		const ConfigFile::String pattern = section->value;
 		bool match = false;
@@ -131,14 +127,16 @@ void TraceCfgReader::readConfig()
 			noQuotePattern.alltrim(" '\'");
 			PathName expandedName;
 
-			if (m_databaseName == noQuotePattern ||
+			if (sectionType != ConfigFile::SectionType::DATABASE_REGEX && (m_databaseName == noQuotePattern ||
 				(expandDatabaseName(noQuotePattern, expandedName, nullptr),
-				m_databaseName == expandedName) )
+				m_databaseName == expandedName) ))
 			{
+				// Compare by name
 				match = exactMatch = true;
 			}
-			else
+			else if (sectionType != ConfigFile::SectionType::DATABASE_NAME)
 			{
+				// Compare by regex
 				bool regExpOk = false;
 				try
 				{
diff --git a/src/utilities/ntrace/fbtrace.conf b/src/utilities/ntrace/fbtrace.conf
index ee9d421e5be..a8c6a359df7 100644
--- a/src/utilities/ntrace/fbtrace.conf
+++ b/src/utilities/ntrace/fbtrace.conf
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
 #	database = (%[\\/](e[[:DIGIT:]]{2}).fdb)
 # type
 #	database = (%[\\/](e[[:DIGIT:]]{{2}}).fdb)
+#
+# It is also possible to specify exactly what type of database string is expected
+# For example:
+#	databaseName = /var/dbs/primary-db.fdb
+# type
+#	databaseRegex = (%[\\/](e[[:DIGIT:]]{{2}}).fdb)
 
 
 database