diff --git a/backend/danswer/connectors/slack/connector.py b/backend/danswer/connectors/slack/connector.py
index 1e680f2e9f..13c60c9eb7 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/connectors/slack/connector.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/connectors/slack/connector.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import json
+import re
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from collections.abc import Generator
 from datetime import datetime
@@ -204,11 +205,23 @@ def _default_msg_filter(message: MessageType) -> bool:
 
 
 def _filter_channels(
-    all_channels: list[dict[str, Any]], channels_to_connect: list[str] | None
+    all_channels: list[dict[str, Any]],
+    channels_to_connect: list[str] | None,
+    regex_enabled: bool,
 ) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
     if not channels_to_connect:
         return all_channels
 
+    if regex_enabled:
+        return [
+            channel
+            for channel in all_channels
+            if any(
+                re.fullmatch(channel_to_connect, channel["name"])
+                for channel_to_connect in channels_to_connect
+            )
+        ]
+
     # validate that all channels in `channels_to_connect` are valid
     # fail loudly in the case of an invalid channel so that the user
     # knows that one of the channels they've specified is typo'd or private
@@ -229,6 +242,7 @@ def get_all_docs(
     client: WebClient,
     workspace: str,
     channels: list[str] | None = None,
+    channel_name_regex_enabled: bool = False,
     oldest: str | None = None,
     latest: str | None = None,
     msg_filter_func: Callable[[MessageType], bool] = _default_msg_filter,
@@ -237,7 +251,9 @@ def get_all_docs(
     slack_cleaner = SlackTextCleaner(client=client)
 
     all_channels = get_channels(client)
-    filtered_channels = _filter_channels(all_channels, channels)
+    filtered_channels = _filter_channels(
+        all_channels, channels, channel_name_regex_enabled
+    )
 
     for channel in filtered_channels:
         channel_docs = 0
@@ -285,13 +301,14 @@ class SlackLoadConnector(LoadConnector):
         workspace: str,
         export_path_str: str,
         channels: list[str] | None = None,
-        # if specified, will only include channels that match at least one of these
-        # regexes OR are in `channels`
-        channel_regexes: list[str] | None = None,
+        # if specified, will treat the specified channel strings as
+        # regexes, and will only index channels that fully match the regexes
+        channel_regex_enabled: bool = False,
         batch_size: int = INDEX_BATCH_SIZE,
     ) -> None:
         self.workspace = workspace
         self.channels = channels
+        self.channel_regex_enabled = channel_regex_enabled
         self.export_path_str = export_path_str
         self.batch_size = batch_size
 
@@ -359,7 +376,9 @@ class SlackLoadConnector(LoadConnector):
         with open(export_path / "channels.json") as f:
             all_channels = json.load(f)
 
-        filtered_channels = _filter_channels(all_channels, self.channels)
+        filtered_channels = _filter_channels(
+            all_channels, self.channels, self.channel_regex_enabled
+        )
 
         document_batch: dict[str, Document] = {}
         for channel_info in filtered_channels:
@@ -393,10 +412,14 @@ class SlackPollConnector(PollConnector):
         self,
         workspace: str,
         channels: list[str] | None = None,
+        # if specified, will treat the specified channel strings as
+        # regexes, and will only index channels that fully match the regexes
+        channel_regex_enabled: bool = False,
         batch_size: int = INDEX_BATCH_SIZE,
     ) -> None:
         self.workspace = workspace
         self.channels = channels
+        self.channel_regex_enabled = channel_regex_enabled
         self.batch_size = batch_size
         self.client: WebClient | None = None
 
@@ -416,6 +439,7 @@ class SlackPollConnector(PollConnector):
             client=self.client,
             workspace=self.workspace,
             channels=self.channels,
+            channel_name_regex_enabled=self.channel_regex_enabled,
             # NOTE: need to impute to `None` instead of using 0.0, since Slack will
             # throw an error if we use 0.0 on an account without infinite data
             # retention
diff --git a/web/src/app/admin/connectors/slack/page.tsx b/web/src/app/admin/connectors/slack/page.tsx
index ae90a57bde..989379f52d 100644
--- a/web/src/app/admin/connectors/slack/page.tsx
+++ b/web/src/app/admin/connectors/slack/page.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import { CredentialForm } from "@/components/admin/connectors/CredentialForm";
 import {
   TextFormField,
   TextArrayFieldBuilder,
+  BooleanFormField,
+  TextArrayField,
 } from "@/components/admin/connectors/Field";
 import { ConnectorsTable } from "@/components/admin/connectors/table/ConnectorsTable";
 import { ConnectorForm } from "@/components/admin/connectors/ConnectorForm";
@@ -207,15 +209,38 @@ const MainSection = () => {
                 <TextFormField name="workspace" label="Workspace" />
               </>
             }
-            formBodyBuilder={TextArrayFieldBuilder({
-              name: "channels",
-              label: "Channels:",
-              subtext:
-                "Specify 0 or more channels to index. For example, specifying the channel " +
-                "'support' will cause us to only index all content " +
-                "within the '#support' channel. " +
-                "If no channels are specified, all channels in your workspace will be indexed.",
-            })}
+            formBodyBuilder={(values) => {
+              return (
+                <>
+                  <Divider />
+                  {TextArrayFieldBuilder({
+                    name: "channels",
+                    label: "Channels:",
+                    subtext: `
+                      Specify 0 or more channels to index. For example, specifying the channel
+                      "support" will cause us to only index all content within the "#support" channel.
+                      If no channels are specified, all channels in your workspace will be indexed.`,
+                  })(values)}
+                  <BooleanFormField
+                    name="channel_regex_enabled"
+                    label="Regex Enabled?"
+                    subtext={
+                      <div>
+                        If enabled, we will treat the &quot;channels&quot;
+                        specified above as regular expressions. A channel&apos;s
+                        messages will be pulled in by the connector if the name
+                        of the channel fully matches any of the specified
+                        regular expressions.
+                        <br />
+                        For example, specifying <i>.*-support.*</i> as a
+                        &quot;channel&quot; will cause the connector to include
+                        any channels with &quot;-support&quot; in the name.
+                      </div>
+                    }
+                  />
+                </>
+              );
+            }}
             validationSchema={Yup.object().shape({
               workspace: Yup.string().required(
                 "Please enter the workspace to index"
@@ -223,10 +248,12 @@ const MainSection = () => {
               channels: Yup.array()
                 .of(Yup.string().required("Channel names must be strings"))
                 .required(),
+              channel_regex_enabled: Yup.boolean().required(),
             })}
             initialValues={{
               workspace: "",
               channels: [],
+              channel_regex_enabled: false,
             }}
             refreshFreq={10 * 60} // 10 minutes
             credentialId={slackCredential.id}
diff --git a/web/src/components/admin/connectors/ConnectorTitle.tsx b/web/src/components/admin/connectors/ConnectorTitle.tsx
index e7b895266c..a006502592 100644
--- a/web/src/components/admin/connectors/ConnectorTitle.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/admin/connectors/ConnectorTitle.tsx
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ export const ConnectorTitle = ({
         typedConnector.connector_specific_config.channels.join(", ")
       );
     }
+    if (typedConnector.connector_specific_config.channel_regex_enabled) {
+      additionalMetadata.set("Channel Regex Enabled", "True");
+    }
   } else if (connector.source === "zulip") {
     const typedConnector = connector as Connector<ZulipConfig>;
     additionalMetadata.set(
diff --git a/web/src/lib/types.ts b/web/src/lib/types.ts
index 3cc5316d51..437f206597 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/types.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/types.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ export interface ProductboardConfig {}
 export interface SlackConfig {
   workspace: string;
   channels?: string[];
+  channel_regex_enabled?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface SlabConfig {