diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 3590906ea..8ad44ec0e 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 * `NEW` Add support for lambda style functions, `|paramList| expr` is syntactic sugar for `function(paramList) return expr end` 
 * `FIX` Respect `completion.showParams` config for local function completion 
 * `CHG` Improve performance of multithreaded `--check` and `undefined-field` diagnostic
+* `NEW` added lua regular expression support for Lua.doc.<scope>Name [#2753](https://github.com/LuaLS/lua-language-server/pull/2753)
 * `FIX` Bad triggering of the `inject-field` diagnostic, when the fields are declared at the creation of the object [#2746](https://github.com/LuaLS/lua-language-server/issues/2746)
 * `CHG` Change spacing of parameter inlay hints to match other LSPs, like `rust-analyzer`
 
diff --git a/script/config/template.lua b/script/config/template.lua
index e74a9f9cd..7b044d7aa 100644
--- a/script/config/template.lua
+++ b/script/config/template.lua
@@ -402,7 +402,10 @@ local template = {
     ['Lua.doc.privateName']                 = Type.Array(Type.String),
     ['Lua.doc.protectedName']               = Type.Array(Type.String),
     ['Lua.doc.packageName']                 = Type.Array(Type.String),
-
+    ['Lua.doc.regengine']                   = Type.String >> 'glob' << {
+                                                'glob',
+                                                'lua',
+                                            },
     -- VSCode
     ["Lua.addonManager.enable"]             = Type.Boolean >> true,
     ['files.associations']                  = Type.Hash(Type.String, Type.String),
diff --git a/script/vm/visible.lua b/script/vm/visible.lua
index 0f486d6bb..a085be086 100644
--- a/script/vm/visible.lua
+++ b/script/vm/visible.lua
@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@ local glob     = require 'glob'
 ---@class parser.object
 ---@field package _visibleType? parser.visibleType
 
+local function globMatch(patterns, fieldName)
+    return glob.glob(patterns)(fieldName)
+end
+
+local function luaMatch(patterns, fieldName)
+    for i = 1, #patterns do
+        if string.find(fieldName, patterns[i]) then
+            return true
+        end
+    end
+    return false
+end
+
 local function getVisibleType(source)
     if guide.isLiteral(source) then
         return 'public'
@@ -42,21 +55,22 @@ local function getVisibleType(source)
 
     if type(fieldName) == 'string' then
         local uri = guide.getUri(source)
-
+        local regengine = config.get(uri, 'Lua.doc.regengine')
+        local match = regengine  == "glob" and globMatch or luaMatch
         local privateNames = config.get(uri, 'Lua.doc.privateName')
-        if #privateNames > 0 and glob.glob(privateNames)(fieldName) then
+        if #privateNames > 0 and match(privateNames, fieldName) then
             source._visibleType = 'private'
             return 'private'
         end
-
+        
         local protectedNames = config.get(uri, 'Lua.doc.protectedName')
-        if #protectedNames > 0 and glob.glob(protectedNames)(fieldName) then
+        if #protectedNames > 0 and match(protectedNames, fieldName) then
             source._visibleType = 'protected'
             return 'protected'
         end
-
+        
         local packageNames = config.get(uri, 'Lua.doc.packageName')
-        if #packageNames > 0 and glob.glob(packageNames)(fieldName) then
+        if #packageNames > 0 and match(packageNames, fieldName) then
             source._visibleType = 'package'
             return 'package'
         end
diff --git a/test/diagnostics/invisible.lua b/test/diagnostics/invisible.lua
index 2fc6791e8..ed67df7e6 100644
--- a/test/diagnostics/invisible.lua
+++ b/test/diagnostics/invisible.lua
@@ -104,6 +104,28 @@ print(t2._id)
 ]]
 config.set(nil, 'Lua.doc.protectedName', nil)
 
+config.set(nil, 'Lua.doc.regengine', 'lua' )
+config.set(nil, 'Lua.doc.privateName', { '^_[%w_]*%w$' })
+config.set(nil, 'Lua.doc.protectedName', { '^_[%w_]*_$' })
+TEST [[
+---@class A
+---@field _id_ number
+---@field _user number
+
+---@type A
+local t
+print(t.<!_id_!>)
+print(t.<!_user!>)
+
+---@class B: A
+local t2
+print(t2._id_)
+print(t2.<!_user!>)
+]]
+config.set(nil, 'Lua.doc.privateName', nil)
+config.set(nil, 'Lua.doc.protectedName', nil)
+config.set(nil, 'Lua.doc.regengine', nil )
+
 TEST [[
 ---@class A
 ---@field private x number