diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 245a06d7c..ff7e3d640 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Wed Feb  6 21:30:55 CET 2008 (tk)
+---------------------------------
+  * libclamav/regex_list.c: compatibility with new matcher extension
+
 Wed Feb  6 20:36:05 EET 2008 (edwin)
 ------------------------------------
   * contrib/entitynorm/, libclamav/hashtab.[ch], readdb.c, matcher.h, entitylist.h, encoding_aliases.h:
diff --git a/libclamav/regex_list.c b/libclamav/regex_list.c
index 89d32bfb2..90d1853af 100644
--- a/libclamav/regex_list.c
+++ b/libclamav/regex_list.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 #include "others.h"
 #include "regex_list.h"
 #include "matcher-ac.h"
+#include "matcher.h"
 #include "str.h"
 #include "readdb.h"
 
@@ -462,6 +463,7 @@ static int add_regex_list_element(struct cli_matcher* root,const char* pattern,c
        new->offset = 0;
        new->target = 0;
        new->length = len;
+       new->ch[0] = new->ch[1] |= CLI_MATCH_IGNORE;
        if(new->length > root->maxpatlen)
                root->maxpatlen = new->length;