diff --git a/src/internal.c b/src/internal.c
index 8a72a675d8..243660151f 100644
--- a/src/internal.c
+++ b/src/internal.c
@@ -13336,6 +13336,66 @@ static int MatchIPv6(const char* pattern, int patternLen,
 }
 #endif /* WOLFSSL_IP_ALT_NAME && !WOLFSSL_USER_IO */
 
+/* IDNA A-label prefix (Punycode-encoded internationalized labels), used to
+ * gate wildcard matching per RFC 6125 sec. 6.4.3 / RFC 9525 sec. 6.3. */
+static int LabelIsALabel(const char* label, word32 labelLen)
+{
+    if (labelLen < 4)
+        return 0;
+    return ((XTOLOWER((unsigned char)label[0]) == 'x') &&
+            (XTOLOWER((unsigned char)label[1]) == 'n') &&
+            (label[2] == '-') &&
+            (label[3] == '-'));
+}
+
+/* Returns 1 if any dot-separated label in name is an A-label. */
+static int NameHasALabel(const char* name, word32 nameLen)
+{
+    word32 labelStart = 0;
+    word32 i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < nameLen; i++) {
+        if (name[i] == '.') {
+            if (LabelIsALabel(name + labelStart, i - labelStart))
+                return 1;
+            labelStart = i + 1;
+        }
+    }
+    if (labelStart < nameLen) {
+        if (LabelIsALabel(name + labelStart, nameLen - labelStart))
+            return 1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/* Returns 1 if any label of pattern that contains a wildcard ('*') is an
+ * A-label. RFC 6125 sec. 6.4.3 disallows wildcards embedded in A-labels. */
+static int PatternHasWildcardInALabel(const char* pattern, word32 patternLen)
+{
+    word32 labelStart = 0;
+    int labelHasWildcard = 0;
+    word32 i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < patternLen; i++) {
+        if (pattern[i] == '.') {
+            if (labelHasWildcard &&
+                LabelIsALabel(pattern + labelStart, i - labelStart)) {
+                return 1;
+            }
+            labelStart = i + 1;
+            labelHasWildcard = 0;
+        }
+        else if (pattern[i] == '*') {
+            labelHasWildcard = 1;
+        }
+    }
+    if (labelHasWildcard &&
+        LabelIsALabel(pattern + labelStart, patternLen - labelStart)) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
 /* Match names with wildcards, each wildcard can represent a single name
    component or fragment but not multiple names, i.e.,
    *.z.com matches y.z.com but not x.y.z.com
@@ -13376,6 +13436,22 @@ int MatchDomainName(const char* pattern, int patternLen, const char* str,
     if (pattern[patternLen-1] == '.')
         --patternLen;
 
+    /* RFC 6125 sec. 6.4.3 / RFC 9525 sec. 6.3: do not perform wildcard
+     * matching when the pattern has a wildcard embedded in an A-label, nor
+     * when the reference identifier (hostname) contains any A-label. The
+     * existing single-label glob would otherwise match across the
+     * Punycode-encoded form (e.g., "x*.example.com" matching
+     * "xn--rger-koa.example.com"), which has no semantic meaning. */
+    if (PatternHasWildcardInALabel(pattern, (word32)patternLen))
+        return 0;
+    if (NameHasALabel(str, strLen)) {
+        int i;
+        for (i = 0; i < patternLen; i++) {
+            if (pattern[i] == '*')
+                return 0;
+        }
+    }
+
     while (patternLen > 0) {
         /* Get the next pattern char to evaluate */
         char p = (char)XTOLOWER((unsigned char)*pattern);
diff --git a/tests/api/test_ossl_x509.c b/tests/api/test_ossl_x509.c
index e1cf3aa0f4..30e9f82b20 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_ossl_x509.c
+++ b/tests/api/test_ossl_x509.c
@@ -1662,7 +1662,8 @@ int test_wolfssl_local_IsValidFQDN(void) {
                         test_cases[i].is_FQDN);
         if (! EXPECT_SUCCESS()) {
             fprintf(stderr, "wolfssl_local_IsValidFQDN() wrong result for "
-                    "case %d \"%s\"\n", i, test_cases[i].str);
+                    "case %d \"%s\"\n", i,
+                    test_cases[i].str ? test_cases[i].str : "(null)");
             break;
         }
     }
@@ -1706,6 +1707,94 @@ int test_wolfssl_local_IsValidFQDN(void) {
     return EXPECT_RESULT();
 }
 
+/* Verify that MatchDomainName() refuses to expand wildcards across IDNA
+ * A-labels (xn-- prefix) per RFC 6125 sec. 6.4.3 / RFC 9525 sec. 6.3.
+ *
+ * MatchDomainName() is exposed for testing via the visibility mechanism
+ * declared in wolfssl/internal.h. */
+int test_wolfSSL_MatchDomainName_idn(void)
+{
+    EXPECT_DECLS;
+#if !defined(NO_ASN) && !defined(WOLFCRYPT_ONLY) && !defined(NO_CERTS)
+    static const struct {
+        const char* pattern;
+        const char* host;
+        unsigned int flags;
+        int expected; /* 1 = match, 0 = no match */
+        const char* note;
+    } cases[] = {
+        /* Partial wildcard whose literal prefix overlaps "xn--" must NOT
+         * match an A-label hostname. */
+        { "x*.example.com",      "xn--rger-koa.example.com", 0, 0,
+          "partial wildcard vs A-label" },
+        /* Wildcard embedded inside an A-label pattern must NOT match. */
+        { "xn--*.example.com",   "xn--rger-koa.example.com", 0, 0,
+          "wildcard inside A-label pattern" },
+        /* Full left-most wildcard MUST NOT match an A-label hostname
+         * (RFC 9525 sec. 6.3 strengthens RFC 6125 SHOULD NOT to MUST NOT). */
+        { "*.example.com",       "xn--rger-koa.example.com", 0, 0,
+          "full wildcard vs A-label hostname" },
+        /* A-label appearing in an inner label still disables wildcard
+         * matching against the entire reference identifier. */
+        { "*.example.com",       "foo.xn--bar.example.com",  0, 0,
+          "wildcard with A-label in inner label" },
+        /* Case-insensitive A-label detection: "XN--" is also an A-label. */
+        { "x*.example.com",      "XN--rger-koa.example.com", 0, 0,
+          "uppercase A-label prefix" },
+        /* Control: full wildcard SHOULD continue to match plain ASCII. */
+        { "*.example.com",       "foo.example.com",          0, 1,
+          "wildcard matches non-IDN" },
+        /* Control: exact A-label match (no wildcard in pattern) must work. */
+        { "xn--rger-koa.example.com", "xn--rger-koa.example.com", 0, 1,
+          "exact A-label match" },
+        /* Control: a label that merely begins with 'x' (not 'xn--') is not
+         * an A-label and must still wildcard-match. */
+        { "*.example.com",       "xyz.example.com",          0, 1,
+          "non-A-label x-prefix" },
+        /* Control: partial wildcard against a non-A-label still works. */
+        { "x*.example.com",      "xyz.example.com",          0, 1,
+          "partial wildcard non-IDN" },
+
+        /* Trailing-dot normalization: absolute-form FQDN ("example.com.")
+         * must match the same FQDN with or without the trailing dot, on
+         * either side of the comparison. RFC 1035 / RFC 6125. */
+        { "example.com",         "example.com.",             0, 1,
+          "trailing dot on host" },
+        { "example.com.",        "example.com",              0, 1,
+          "trailing dot on pattern" },
+        { "example.com.",        "example.com.",             0, 1,
+          "trailing dot on both" },
+        { "*.example.com",       "foo.example.com.",         0, 1,
+          "trailing dot on host with wildcard pattern" },
+        /* Trailing dot must not cause an A-label gate to misfire. */
+        { "*.example.com",       "xn--rger-koa.example.com.", 0, 0,
+          "trailing dot on A-label host" },
+        /* Same trailing-dot normalization under WOLFSSL_LEFT_MOST_WILDCARD_ONLY. */
+        { "*.example.com",       "foo.example.com.",
+          WOLFSSL_LEFT_MOST_WILDCARD_ONLY, 1,
+          "trailing dot, leftWildcardOnly" },
+    };
+    size_t i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < sizeof(cases) / sizeof(cases[0]); i++) {
+        int got = MatchDomainName(
+                    cases[i].pattern, (int)XSTRLEN(cases[i].pattern),
+                    cases[i].host,    (word32)XSTRLEN(cases[i].host),
+                    cases[i].flags);
+        ExpectIntEQ(got, cases[i].expected);
+        if (! EXPECT_SUCCESS()) {
+            fprintf(stderr,
+                "MatchDomainName(\"%s\", \"%s\", flags=0x%x) = %d, "
+                "expected %d (%s)\n",
+                cases[i].pattern, cases[i].host, cases[i].flags,
+                got, cases[i].expected, cases[i].note);
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+#endif /* !NO_ASN && !WOLFCRYPT_ONLY && !NO_CERTS */
+    return EXPECT_RESULT();
+}
+
 int test_wolfSSL_X509_max_altnames(void)
 {
     EXPECT_DECLS;
diff --git a/tests/api/test_ossl_x509.h b/tests/api/test_ossl_x509.h
index f0da8a9d8e..f2844092af 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_ossl_x509.h
+++ b/tests/api/test_ossl_x509.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ int test_wolfSSL_X509_name_match1(void);
 int test_wolfSSL_X509_name_match2(void);
 int test_wolfSSL_X509_name_match3(void);
 int test_wolfssl_local_IsValidFQDN(void);
+int test_wolfSSL_MatchDomainName_idn(void);
 int test_wolfSSL_X509_max_altnames(void);
 int test_wolfSSL_X509_max_name_constraints(void);
 int test_wolfSSL_X509_check_ca(void);
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ int test_wolfSSL_X509_cmp(void);
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("ossl_x509", test_wolfSSL_X509_name_match2),               \
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("ossl_x509", test_wolfSSL_X509_name_match3),               \
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("ossl_x509", test_wolfssl_local_IsValidFQDN),              \
+    TEST_DECL_GROUP("ossl_x509", test_wolfSSL_MatchDomainName_idn),            \
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("ossl_x509", test_wolfSSL_X509_max_altnames),              \
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("ossl_x509", test_wolfSSL_X509_max_name_constraints),      \
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("ossl_x509", test_wolfSSL_X509_check_ca),                  \
diff --git a/wolfssl/internal.h b/wolfssl/internal.h
index 256d3d76c2..6ac8ad06c5 100644
--- a/wolfssl/internal.h
+++ b/wolfssl/internal.h
@@ -2228,9 +2228,12 @@ WOLFSSL_LOCAL void FreeAsyncCtx(WOLFSSL* ssl, byte freeAsync);
 WOLFSSL_LOCAL void FreeKeyExchange(WOLFSSL* ssl);
 WOLFSSL_LOCAL void FreeSuites(WOLFSSL* ssl);
 WOLFSSL_LOCAL int  ProcessPeerCerts(WOLFSSL* ssl, byte* input, word32* inOutIdx, word32 totalSz);
-WOLFSSL_LOCAL int  MatchDomainName(const char* pattern, int len,
-                                   const char* str, word32 strLen,
-                                   unsigned int flags);
+#ifdef WOLFSSL_API_PREFIX_MAP
+    #define MatchDomainName wolfSSL_MatchDomainName
+#endif
+WOLFSSL_TEST_VIS int  MatchDomainName(const char* pattern, int len,
+                                      const char* str, word32 strLen,
+                                      unsigned int flags);
 #if !defined(NO_CERTS) && !defined(NO_ASN)
 WOLFSSL_LOCAL int  CheckForAltNames(DecodedCert* dCert, const char* domain,
                                     word32 domainLen, int* checkCN,