diff --git a/src/Composer/Installer.php b/src/Composer/Installer.php
index 2046dd1da..88b4ea1d5 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Installer.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Installer.php
@@ -1301,11 +1301,6 @@ class Installer
 
         $rootRequires = array_merge($rootRequires, $rootDevRequires);
 
-        $requiredPackageNames = array();
-        foreach ($rootRequires as $require) {
-            $requiredPackageNames[] = $require->getTarget();
-        }
-
         $skipPackages = array();
         if (!$this->whitelistAllDependencies) {
             foreach ($rootRequires as $require) {
@@ -1323,22 +1318,26 @@ class Installer
         foreach ($this->updateWhitelist as $packageName => $void) {
             $packageQueue = new \SplQueue;
 
-            $depPackages = [$pool->whatProvides($packageName)];
-
-            $nameMatchesRequiredPackage = in_array($packageName, $requiredPackageNames, true);
-
+            $depPackages = $pool->whatProvides($packageName);
+            $matchesByPattern = [];
             // check if the name is a glob pattern that did not match directly
-            if (!$nameMatchesRequiredPackage) {
+            if (empty($depPackages)) {
+                $whitelistPatternSearchRegexp = BasePackage::packageNameToRegexp($packageName, '^%s$');
+                foreach ($localOrLockRepo->search($whitelistPatternSearchRegexp) as $installedPackage) {
+                    $matchesByPattern[] = $pool->whatProvides($installedPackage['name']);
+                }
                 $whitelistPatternRegexp = BasePackage::packageNameToRegexp($packageName);
                 foreach ($rootRequiredPackageNames as $rootRequiredPackageName) {
                     if (preg_match($whitelistPatternRegexp, $rootRequiredPackageName)) {
-                        $depPackages[] = $pool->whatProvides($rootRequiredPackageName);
                         $nameMatchesRequiredPackage = true;
+                        break;
                     }
                 }
             }
 
-            $depPackages = array_merge(...$depPackages);
+            if (!empty($matchesByPattern)) {
+                $depPackages = array_merge($depPackages, array_merge(...$matchesByPattern));
+            }
 
             if (count($depPackages) == 0 && !$nameMatchesRequiredPackage && !in_array($packageName, array('nothing', 'lock', 'mirrors'))) {
                 $this->io->writeError('<warning>Package "' . $packageName . '" listed for update is not installed. Ignoring.</warning>');
@@ -1371,7 +1370,7 @@ class Installer
                             continue;
                         }
 
-                        if (isset($skipPackages[$requirePackage->getName()])) {
+                        if (isset($skipPackages[$requirePackage->getName()]) && !preg_match(BasePackage::packageNameToRegexp($packageName), $requirePackage->getName())) {
                             $this->io->writeError('<warning>Dependency "' . $requirePackage->getName() . '" is also a root requirement, but is not explicitly whitelisted. Ignoring.</warning>');
                             continue;
                         }
diff --git a/src/Composer/Package/BasePackage.php b/src/Composer/Package/BasePackage.php
index 65ea6860f..f2f5be707 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Package/BasePackage.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Package/BasePackage.php
@@ -239,12 +239,13 @@ abstract class BasePackage implements PackageInterface
      * Build a regexp from a package name, expanding * globs as required
      *
      * @param  string $whiteListedPattern
+     * @param  bool $wrap Wrap the cleaned string by the given string
      * @return string
      */
-    public static function packageNameToRegexp($whiteListedPattern)
+    public static function packageNameToRegexp($whiteListedPattern, $wrap = '{^%s$}i')
     {
         $cleanedWhiteListedPattern = str_replace('\\*', '.*', preg_quote($whiteListedPattern));
 
-        return "{^" . $cleanedWhiteListedPattern . "$}i";
+        return sprintf($wrap, $cleanedWhiteListedPattern);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Fixtures/installer/update-whitelist-patterns-with-all-dependencies.test b/tests/Composer/Test/Fixtures/installer/update-whitelist-patterns-with-all-dependencies.test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ea177cad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Fixtures/installer/update-whitelist-patterns-with-all-dependencies.test
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+--TEST--
+Update with a package whitelist pattern and all-dependencies flag updates packages and their dependencies, even if defined as root dependency, matching the pattern
+--COMPOSER--
+{
+    "repositories": [
+        {
+            "type": "package",
+            "package": [
+                { "name": "fixed", "version": "1.1.0" },
+                { "name": "fixed", "version": "1.0.0" },
+                { "name": "whitelisted-component1", "version": "1.1.0" },
+                { "name": "whitelisted-component1", "version": "1.0.0" },
+                { "name": "whitelisted-component2", "version": "1.1.0", "require": { "dependency": "1.*" } },
+                { "name": "whitelisted-component2", "version": "1.0.0", "require": { "dependency": "1.*" } },
+                { "name": "dependency", "version": "1.1.0" },
+                { "name": "dependency", "version": "1.0.0" },
+                { "name": "unrelated", "version": "1.1.0", "require": { "unrelated-dependency": "1.*" }  },
+                { "name": "unrelated", "version": "1.0.0", "require": { "unrelated-dependency": "1.*" }  },
+                { "name": "unrelated-dependency", "version": "1.1.0" },
+                { "name": "unrelated-dependency", "version": "1.0.0" }
+            ]
+        }
+    ],
+    "require": {
+        "fixed": "1.*",
+        "whitelisted-component1": "1.*",
+        "whitelisted-component2": "1.*",
+        "dependency": "1.*",
+        "unrelated": "1.*"
+    }
+}
+--INSTALLED--
+[
+    { "name": "fixed", "version": "1.0.0" },
+    { "name": "whitelisted-component1", "version": "1.0.0" },
+    { "name": "whitelisted-component2", "version": "1.0.0", "require": { "dependency": "1.0.0" } },
+    { "name": "dependency", "version": "1.0.0" },
+    { "name": "unrelated", "version": "1.0.0", "require": { "unrelated-dependency": "1.*" } },
+    { "name": "unrelated-dependency", "version": "1.0.0" }
+]
+--RUN--
+update whitelisted-* --with-all-dependencies
+--EXPECT--
+Updating whitelisted-component1 (1.0.0) to whitelisted-component1 (1.1.0)
+Updating dependency (1.0.0) to dependency (1.1.0)
+Updating whitelisted-component2 (1.0.0) to whitelisted-component2 (1.1.0)
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Fixtures/installer/update-whitelist-patterns-with-dependencies.test b/tests/Composer/Test/Fixtures/installer/update-whitelist-patterns-with-dependencies.test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c685f14ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Fixtures/installer/update-whitelist-patterns-with-dependencies.test
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+--TEST--
+Update with a package whitelist only updates those packages and their dependencies matching the pattern but no dependencies defined as roo package
+--COMPOSER--
+{
+    "repositories": [
+        {
+            "type": "package",
+            "package": [
+                { "name": "fixed", "version": "1.1.0" },
+                { "name": "fixed", "version": "1.0.0" },
+                { "name": "whitelisted-component1", "version": "1.1.0" },
+                { "name": "whitelisted-component1", "version": "1.0.0" },
+                { "name": "whitelisted-component2", "version": "1.1.0", "require": { "dependency": "1.*", "root-dependency": "1.*" } },
+                { "name": "whitelisted-component2", "version": "1.0.0", "require": { "dependency": "1.*", "root-dependency": "1.*" } },
+                { "name": "dependency", "version": "1.1.0" },
+                { "name": "dependency", "version": "1.0.0" },
+                { "name": "root-dependency", "version": "1.1.0" },
+                { "name": "root-dependency", "version": "1.0.0" },
+                { "name": "unrelated", "version": "1.1.0", "require": { "unrelated-dependency": "1.*" }  },
+                { "name": "unrelated", "version": "1.0.0", "require": { "unrelated-dependency": "1.*" }  },
+                { "name": "unrelated-dependency", "version": "1.1.0" },
+                { "name": "unrelated-dependency", "version": "1.0.0" }
+            ]
+        }
+    ],
+    "require": {
+        "fixed": "1.*",
+        "whitelisted-component1": "1.*",
+        "whitelisted-component2": "1.*",
+        "root-dependency": "1.*",
+        "unrelated": "1.*"
+    }
+}
+--INSTALLED--
+[
+    { "name": "fixed", "version": "1.0.0" },
+    { "name": "whitelisted-component1", "version": "1.0.0" },
+    { "name": "whitelisted-component2", "version": "1.0.0", "require": { "dependency": "1.0.0" } },
+    { "name": "root-dependency", "version": "1.0.0" },
+    { "name": "dependency", "version": "1.0.0" },
+    { "name": "unrelated", "version": "1.0.0", "require": { "unrelated-dependency": "1.*" } },
+    { "name": "unrelated-dependency", "version": "1.0.0" }
+]
+--RUN--
+update whitelisted-* --with-dependencies
+--EXPECT--
+Updating whitelisted-component1 (1.0.0) to whitelisted-component1 (1.1.0)
+Updating dependency (1.0.0) to dependency (1.1.0)
+Updating whitelisted-component2 (1.0.0) to whitelisted-component2 (1.1.0)
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Fixtures/installer/update-whitelist-patterns-with-root-dependencies.test b/tests/Composer/Test/Fixtures/installer/update-whitelist-patterns-with-root-dependencies.test
index 360ef49f5..a24bafb91 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Fixtures/installer/update-whitelist-patterns-with-root-dependencies.test
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Fixtures/installer/update-whitelist-patterns-with-root-dependencies.test
@@ -10,8 +10,14 @@ Update with a package whitelist only updates those packages and their dependenci
                 { "name": "fixed", "version": "1.0.0" },
                 { "name": "whitelisted-component1", "version": "1.1.0", "require": { "whitelisted-component2": "1.1.0" } },
                 { "name": "whitelisted-component1", "version": "1.0.0", "require": { "whitelisted-component2": "1.0.0" } },
-                { "name": "whitelisted-component2", "version": "1.1.0", "require": { "dependency": "1.1.0" } },
+                { "name": "whitelisted-component2", "version": "1.1.0", "require": { "dependency": "1.1.0", "whitelisted-component5": "1.0.0" } },
                 { "name": "whitelisted-component2", "version": "1.0.0", "require": { "dependency": "1.0.0" } },
+                { "name": "whitelisted-component3", "version": "1.1.0", "require": { "whitelisted-component4": "1.1.0" } },
+                { "name": "whitelisted-component3", "version": "1.0.0", "require": { "whitelisted-component4": "1.0.0" } },
+                { "name": "whitelisted-component4", "version": "1.1.0" },
+                { "name": "whitelisted-component4", "version": "1.0.0" },
+                { "name": "whitelisted-component5", "version": "1.1.0" },
+                { "name": "whitelisted-component5", "version": "1.0.0" },
                 { "name": "dependency", "version": "1.1.0" },
                 { "name": "dependency", "version": "1.0.0" },
                 { "name": "unrelated", "version": "1.1.0", "require": { "unrelated-dependency": "1.*" }  },
@@ -25,6 +31,7 @@ Update with a package whitelist only updates those packages and their dependenci
         "fixed": "1.*",
         "whitelisted-component1": "1.*",
         "whitelisted-component2": "1.*",
+        "whitelisted-component3": "1.0.0",
         "unrelated": "1.*"
     }
 }
@@ -33,6 +40,9 @@ Update with a package whitelist only updates those packages and their dependenci
     { "name": "fixed", "version": "1.0.0" },
     { "name": "whitelisted-component1", "version": "1.0.0", "require": { "whitelisted-component2": "1.0.0" } },
     { "name": "whitelisted-component2", "version": "1.0.0", "require": { "dependency": "1.0.0" } },
+    { "name": "whitelisted-component3", "version": "1.0.0", "require": { "whitelisted-component4": "1.0.0" } },
+    { "name": "whitelisted-component4", "version": "1.0.0" },
+    { "name": "whitelisted-component5", "version": "1.0.0" },
     { "name": "dependency", "version": "1.0.0" },
     { "name": "unrelated", "version": "1.0.0", "require": { "unrelated-dependency": "1.*" } },
     { "name": "unrelated-dependency", "version": "1.0.0" }
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Fixtures/installer/update-whitelist-patterns-without-dependencies.test b/tests/Composer/Test/Fixtures/installer/update-whitelist-patterns-without-dependencies.test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5551b43f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Fixtures/installer/update-whitelist-patterns-without-dependencies.test
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+--TEST--
+Update with a package whitelist only updates those packages matching the pattern
+--COMPOSER--
+{
+    "repositories": [
+        {
+            "type": "package",
+            "package": [
+                { "name": "fixed", "version": "1.1.0" },
+                { "name": "fixed", "version": "1.0.0" },
+                { "name": "whitelisted-component1", "version": "1.1.0" },
+                { "name": "whitelisted-component1", "version": "1.0.0" },
+                { "name": "whitelisted-component2", "version": "1.1.0", "require": { "dependency": "1.*" } },
+                { "name": "whitelisted-component2", "version": "1.0.0", "require": { "dependency": "1.*" } },
+                { "name": "dependency", "version": "1.1.0" },
+                { "name": "dependency", "version": "1.0.0" },
+                { "name": "unrelated", "version": "1.1.0", "require": { "unrelated-dependency": "1.*" }  },
+                { "name": "unrelated", "version": "1.0.0", "require": { "unrelated-dependency": "1.*" }  },
+                { "name": "unrelated-dependency", "version": "1.1.0" },
+                { "name": "unrelated-dependency", "version": "1.0.0" }
+            ]
+        }
+    ],
+    "require": {
+        "fixed": "1.*",
+        "whitelisted-component1": "1.*",
+        "whitelisted-component2": "1.*",
+        "unrelated": "1.*"
+    }
+}
+--INSTALLED--
+[
+    { "name": "fixed", "version": "1.0.0" },
+    { "name": "whitelisted-component1", "version": "1.0.0" },
+    { "name": "whitelisted-component2", "version": "1.0.0", "require": { "dependency": "1.0.0" } },
+    { "name": "dependency", "version": "1.0.0" },
+    { "name": "unrelated", "version": "1.0.0", "require": { "unrelated-dependency": "1.*" } },
+    { "name": "unrelated-dependency", "version": "1.0.0" }
+]
+--RUN--
+update whitelisted-*
+--EXPECT--
+Updating whitelisted-component1 (1.0.0) to whitelisted-component1 (1.1.0)
+Updating whitelisted-component2 (1.0.0) to whitelisted-component2 (1.1.0)