diff --git a/bin/smarthome.py b/bin/smarthome.py
index 7e02a530..b2dd631a 100755
--- a/bin/smarthome.py
+++ b/bin/smarthome.py
@@ -413,7 +413,11 @@ def match_items(self, regex):
         regex, __, attr = regex.partition(':')
         regex = regex.replace('.', '\.').replace('*', '.*') + '$'
         regex = re.compile(regex)
-        if attr != '':
+        attr, __, val = attr.partition('[')
+        val = val.rstrip(']')
+        if attr != '' and val != '':
+            return [self.__item_dict[item] for item in self.__items if regex.match(item) and attr in self.__item_dict[item].conf and ((type(self.__item_dict[item].conf[attr]) in [list,dict] and val in self.__item_dict[item].conf[attr]) or (val == self.__item_dict[item].conf[attr]))]
+        elif attr != '':
             return [self.__item_dict[item] for item in self.__items if regex.match(item) and attr in self.__item_dict[item].conf]
         else:
             return [self.__item_dict[item] for item in self.__items if regex.match(item)]