diff --git a/doc/pages/changelog.asciidoc b/doc/pages/changelog.asciidoc
index 1d2cc5746..e01c41f50 100644
--- a/doc/pages/changelog.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/pages/changelog.asciidoc
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 This changelog contains major and/or breaking changes to Kakoune between
 released versions.
 
+== Development version
+
+* `remove-hooks` <group> argument is now a regex and removes all
+  hooks whose group matches it.
+
 == Kakoune 2018.09.04
 
 This version contains a significant overhaul of various Kakoune
diff --git a/doc/pages/hooks.asciidoc b/doc/pages/hooks.asciidoc
index 28c648a2a..982b8daf7 100644
--- a/doc/pages/hooks.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/pages/hooks.asciidoc
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ remove-hooks <scope> <group>
 ----------------------------
 
 A call to the command above will remove every hooks in *scope* that are part
-of the given *group*.
+of whose group match the given *group* regex.
 
 Hooks declared with the `-once` switch are automatically removed after running.
 
diff --git a/src/commands.cc b/src/commands.cc
index 19c02cf67..e94fe090a 100644
--- a/src/commands.cc
+++ b/src/commands.cc
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ const CommandDesc add_hook_cmd = {
 const CommandDesc remove_hook_cmd = {
     "remove-hooks",
     "rmhooks",
-    "remove-hooks <scope> <group>: remove all hooks whose group is <group>",
+    "remove-hooks <scope> <group>: remove all hooks whose group matches the regex <group>",
     ParameterDesc{ {}, ParameterDesc::Flags::None, 2, 2 },
     CommandFlags::None,
     CommandHelper{},
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ const CommandDesc remove_hook_cmd = {
     },
     [](const ParametersParser& parser, Context& context, const ShellContext&)
     {
-        get_scope(parser[0], context).hooks().remove_hooks(parser[1]);
+        get_scope(parser[0], context).hooks().remove_hooks(Regex{parser[1]});
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/hook_manager.cc b/src/hook_manager.cc
index 46d38fb0e..93a4fc1eb 100644
--- a/src/hook_manager.cc
+++ b/src/hook_manager.cc
@@ -32,15 +32,13 @@ void HookManager::add_hook(StringView hook_name, String group, HookFlags flags,
     hooks.emplace_back(new Hook{std::move(group), flags, std::move(filter), std::move(commands)});
 }
 
-void HookManager::remove_hooks(StringView group)
+void HookManager::remove_hooks(const Regex& regex)
 {
-    if (group.empty())
-        throw runtime_error("invalid id");
     for (auto& list : m_hooks)
     {
         auto it = std::remove_if(list.value.begin(), list.value.end(),
                                  [&](const std::unique_ptr<Hook>& h)
-                                 { return h->group == group; });
+                                 { return regex_match(h->group.begin(), h->group.end(), regex); });
         if (not m_running_hooks.empty()) // we are running some hooks, defer deletion
             m_hooks_trash.insert(m_hooks_trash.end(), std::make_move_iterator(it),
                                  std::make_move_iterator(list.value.end()));
diff --git a/src/hook_manager.hh b/src/hook_manager.hh
index 9e75c0866..6da5fe30c 100644
--- a/src/hook_manager.hh
+++ b/src/hook_manager.hh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public:
 
     void add_hook(StringView hook_name, String group, HookFlags flags,
                   Regex filter, String commands);
-    void remove_hooks(StringView group);
+    void remove_hooks(const Regex& regex);
     CandidateList complete_hook_group(StringView prefix, ByteCount pos_in_token);
     void run_hook(StringView hook_name, StringView param,
                   Context& context);
diff --git a/test/hooks/remove-regex/cmd b/test/hooks/remove-regex/cmd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f24a7bcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/hooks/remove-regex/cmd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+if<esc>:remove-hooks global group[12]<ret>if<esc>
diff --git a/test/hooks/remove-regex/in b/test/hooks/remove-regex/in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b1378917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/hooks/remove-regex/in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/test/hooks/remove-regex/out b/test/hooks/remove-regex/out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b82b56ac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/hooks/remove-regex/out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+foof
diff --git a/test/hooks/remove-regex/rc b/test/hooks/remove-regex/rc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6dc8dcc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/hooks/remove-regex/rc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+hook global -group group1 InsertChar f %{ exec o }
+hook global -group group2 InsertChar f %{ exec o }