diff --git a/devlib/host.py b/devlib/host.py
index d830a5e..121e5b4 100644
--- a/devlib/host.py
+++ b/devlib/host.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+from glob import iglob
 import os
 import shutil
 import subprocess
@@ -41,7 +42,12 @@ class LocalConnection(object):
 
     def pull(self, source, dest, timeout=None, as_root=False): # pylint: disable=unused-argument
         self.logger.debug('cp {} {}'.format(source, dest))
-        shutil.copy(source, dest)
+        if ('*' in source or '?' in source) and os.path.isdir(dest):
+            # Pull all files matching a wildcard expression
+            for each_source in iglob(source):
+                shutil.copy(each_source, dest)
+        else:
+            shutil.copy(source, dest)
 
     def execute(self, command, timeout=None, check_exit_code=True, as_root=False):
         self.logger.debug(command)
@@ -54,7 +60,9 @@ class LocalConnection(object):
         try:
             return check_output(command, shell=True, timeout=timeout, ignore=ignore)[0]
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            raise TargetError(e)
+            message = 'Got exit code {}\nfrom: {}\nOUTPUT: {}'.format(
+                e.returncode, command, e.output)
+            raise TargetError(message)
 
     def background(self, command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, as_root=False):
         if as_root:
diff --git a/doc/connection.rst b/doc/connection.rst
index 888f626..1fd2fb5 100644
--- a/doc/connection.rst
+++ b/doc/connection.rst
@@ -25,15 +25,17 @@ class that implements the following methods.
    Transfer a file from the host machine to the connected device.
 
    :param source: path of to the file on the host
-   :param dest: path of to the file on the connected
+   :param dest: path of to the file on the connected device.
    :param timeout: timeout (in seconds) for the transfer; if the transfer does
        not  complete within this period, an exception will be raised.
 
 .. method:: pull(self, source, dest, timeout=None)
 
-   Transfer a file from the connected device to the host machine.
+   Transfer a file, or files matching a glob pattern, from the connected device
+   to the host machine.
 
-   :param source: path of to the file on the connected device
+   :param source: path of to the file on the connected device. If ``dest`` is a
+       directory, may be a glob pattern.
    :param dest: path of to the file on the host
    :param timeout: timeout (in seconds) for the transfer; if the transfer does
        not  complete within this period, an exception will be raised.