diff --git a/src/meters.cc b/src/meters.cc
index 195d4ee..fbc4842 100644
--- a/src/meters.cc
+++ b/src/meters.cc
@@ -792,6 +792,7 @@ bool MeterCommonImplementation::isTelegramForMeter(Telegram *t, Meter *meter, Me
         // this particular driver, mfct, media, version combo
         // is not registered in the METER_DETECTION list in meters.h
 
+        /*
         if (used_wildcard)
         {
             // The match for the id was not exact, thus the user is listening using a wildcard
@@ -800,7 +801,7 @@ bool MeterCommonImplementation::isTelegramForMeter(Telegram *t, Meter *meter, Me
             verbose("(meter) ignoring telegram from %s since it matched a wildcard id rule but driver (%s) does not match.\n",
                     t->idsc.c_str(), driver_name.c_str());
             return false;
-        }
+            }*/
 
         // The match was exact, ie the user has actually specified 12345678 and foo as driver even
         // though they do not match. Lets warn and then proceed. It is common that a user tries a
@@ -808,7 +809,7 @@ bool MeterCommonImplementation::isTelegramForMeter(Telegram *t, Meter *meter, Me
         if (isVerboseEnabled() || isDebugEnabled() || !warned_for_telegram_before(t, t->dll_a))
         {
             string possible_drivers = t->autoDetectPossibleDrivers();
-            if (t->beingAnalyzed() == false)
+            if (t->beingAnalyzed() == false && driver_name != "auto")
             {
                 warning("(meter) %s: meter detection did not match the selected driver %s! correct driver is: %s\n"
                         "(meter) Not printing this warning again for id: %02x%02x%02x%02x mfct: (%s) %s (0x%02x) type: %s (0x%02x) ver: 0x%02x\n",
diff --git a/tests/test_anyid.sh b/tests/test_anyid.sh
index eeed9bf..8ae09c8 100755
--- a/tests/test_anyid.sh
+++ b/tests/test_anyid.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ PROG="$1"
 mkdir -p testoutput
 TEST=testoutput
 
-TESTNAME="Test ANYID"
+TESTNAME="Test ANYID with explicit driver"
 TESTRESULT="ERROR"
 
 cat <<EOF | jq --sort-keys . > $TEST/test_expected.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ EOF
 
 $PROG --format=json 2A442D2C998734761B168D2091D37CAC21576C7802FF207100041308190000441308190000615B7F616713 \
       Vatten multical21 ANYID NOKEY 2>&1 | jq --sort-keys .  > $TEST/test_output.txt
+
 if [ "$?" = "0" ]
 then
     cat $TEST/test_output.txt | sed 's/"timestamp": "....-..-..T..:..:..Z"/"timestamp": "1111-11-11T11:11:11Z"/' > $TEST/test_responses.txt
@@ -27,16 +28,49 @@ then
     fi
 fi
 
-# Now test that anyid and auto does not work...
-$PROG --verbose 2A442D2C998734761B168D2091D37CAC21576C7802FF207100041308190000441308190000615B7F616713 \
-      Vatten auto ANYID NOKEY  > $TEST/test_output.txt 2>&1
+TESTNAME="Test ANYID with auto driver"
 
-if ! grep -o  "ignoring telegram from 76348799" $TEST/test_output.txt > /dev/null
+# Now test that anyid and auto >does< work...
+$PROG --format=json 2A442D2C998734761B168D2091D37CAC21576C7802FF207100041308190000441308190000615B7F616713 \
+      Vatten auto ANYID NOKEY 2>&1 | jq --sort-keys .  > $TEST/test_output.txt
+
+if [ "$?" = "0" ]
 then
-    echo "Expected telegram to be ignored with auto + ANYID is used!"
-    TESTRESULT="ERROR"
-else
-    echo "OK: Ignoring auto + ANYID"
+    cat $TEST/test_output.txt | sed 's/"timestamp": "....-..-..T..:..:..Z"/"timestamp": "1111-11-11T11:11:11Z"/' > $TEST/test_responses.txt
+    diff $TEST/test_expected.txt $TEST/test_responses.txt
+    if [ "$?" = "0" ]
+    then
+        echo OK: $TESTNAME
+        TESTRESULT="OK"
+    else
+        TESTRESULT="ERROR"
+    fi
+fi
+
+TESTNAME="Test ANYID with auto but no driver found!"
+
+cat <<EOF > $TEST/test_expected.txt
+(meter) Vatten: meter detection could not find driver for id: 76348799 mfct: (KIM) Unknown (0x2d2d) type: Cold water meter (0x16) ver: 0x1b
+(meter) please consider opening an issue at https://github.com/weetmuts/wmbusmeters/
+(meter) to add support for this unknown mfct,media,version combination
+{"media":"cold water","meter":"auto","name":"Vatten","id":"76348799","timestamp":"1111-11-11T11:11:11Z"}
+EOF
+
+# Now test that anyid and auto >does< work...
+$PROG --format=json 2A442D2D998734761B168D2091D37CAC21576C7802FF207100041308190000441308190000615B7F616713 \
+      Vatten auto ANYID NOKEY > $TEST/test_output.txt 2>&1
+
+if [ "$?" = "0" ]
+then
+    cat $TEST/test_output.txt | sed 's/"timestamp":"....-..-..T..:..:..Z"/"timestamp":"1111-11-11T11:11:11Z"/' > $TEST/test_responses.txt
+    diff $TEST/test_expected.txt $TEST/test_responses.txt
+    if [ "$?" = "0" ]
+    then
+        echo OK: $TESTNAME
+        TESTRESULT="OK"
+    else
+        TESTRESULT="ERROR"
+    fi
 fi
 
 if [ "$TESTRESULT" = "ERROR" ]