diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/filter/EvaluatorFactory.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/filter/EvaluatorFactory.java
index 0ee59c72..322a1719 100755
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/filter/EvaluatorFactory.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/filter/EvaluatorFactory.java
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPathException;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.Predicate;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.filter.ValueNodes.PatternNode;
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.filter.ValueNodes.ValueListNode;
@@ -256,9 +258,17 @@ public class EvaluatorFactory {
             }
 
             if (left.isPatternNode()) {
-                return matches(left.asPatternNode(), getInput(right));
+                if (right.isValueListNode() || (right.isJsonNode() && right.asJsonNode().isArray(ctx))) {
+                    return matchesAny(left.asPatternNode(), right.asJsonNode().asValueListNode(ctx));
+                } else {
+                    return matches(left.asPatternNode(), getInput(right));
+                }
             } else {
-                return matches(right.asPatternNode(), getInput(left));
+                if (left.isValueListNode() || (left.isJsonNode() && left.asJsonNode().isArray(ctx))) {
+                    return matchesAny(right.asPatternNode(), left.asJsonNode().asValueListNode(ctx));
+                } else {
+                    return matches(right.asPatternNode(), getInput(left));
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -266,6 +276,23 @@ public class EvaluatorFactory {
             return patternNode.getCompiledPattern().matcher(inputToMatch).matches();
         }
 
+        private boolean matchesAny(PatternNode patternNode, ValueNode valueNode) {
+            if (!valueNode.isValueListNode()) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            ValueListNode listNode = valueNode.asValueListNode();
+            Pattern pattern = patternNode.getCompiledPattern();
+
+            for (Iterator<ValueNode> it = listNode.iterator(); it.hasNext(); ) {
+                String input = getInput(it.next());
+                if (pattern.matcher(input).matches()) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+
         private String getInput(ValueNode valueNode) {
             String input = "";
 
diff --git a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/FilterTest.java b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/FilterTest.java
index 545f29c6..c7948994 100644
--- a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/FilterTest.java
+++ b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/FilterTest.java
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ public class FilterTest extends BaseTest {
             "  \"char-key\" : \"c\", " +
             "  \"arr-empty\" : [], " +
             "  \"int-arr\" : [0,1,2,3,4], " +
-            "  \"string-arr\" : [\"a\",\"b\",\"c\",\"d\",\"e\"] " +
+            "  \"string-arr\" : [\"a\",\"b\",\"c\",\"d\",\"e\"], " +
+            "  \"obj\": {\"foo\": \"bar\"}" +
             "}"
     );
 
@@ -263,6 +264,17 @@ public class FilterTest extends BaseTest {
         assertThat(filter(where("int-key").regex(Pattern.compile("^string$"))).apply(createPredicateContext(json))).isEqualTo(false);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void list_regex_evals() {
+        assertThat(filter(where("string-arr").regex(Pattern.compile("^d$"))).apply(createPredicateContext(json))).isEqualTo(true);
+        assertThat(filter(where("string-arr").regex(Pattern.compile("^q$"))).apply(createPredicateContext(json))).isEqualTo(false);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void obj_regex_doesnt_break() {
+        assertThat(filter(where("obj").regex(Pattern.compile("^foo$"))).apply(createPredicateContext(json))).isEqualTo(false);
+    }
+
     //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     //
     // JSON equality
diff --git a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InlineFilterTest.java b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InlineFilterTest.java
index 5eeb164b..b16fdd16 100644
--- a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InlineFilterTest.java
+++ b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InlineFilterTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,47 @@ public class InlineFilterTest extends BaseTest {
 
     private static int bookCount = 4;
 
+    public static final String MULTI_STORE_JSON_DOCUMENT = "{\n" +
+        "   \"store\" : [{\n" +
+        "      \"name\": \"First\"," +
+        "      \"book\" : [\n" +
+        "         {\n" +
+        "            \"category\" : \"reference\",\n" +
+        "            \"author\" : \"Nigel Rees\",\n" +
+        "            \"title\" : \"Sayings of the Century\",\n" +
+        "            \"display-price\" : 8.95\n" +
+        "         },\n" +
+        "         {\n" +
+        "            \"category\" : \"fiction\",\n" +
+        "            \"author\" : \"Evelyn Waugh\",\n" +
+        "            \"title\" : \"Sword of Honour\",\n" +
+        "            \"display-price\" : 12.99\n" +
+        "         },\n" +
+        "         {\n" +
+        "            \"category\" : \"fiction\",\n" +
+        "            \"author\" : \"Herman Melville\",\n" +
+        "            \"title\" : \"Moby Dick\",\n" +
+        "            \"isbn\" : \"0-553-21311-3\",\n" +
+        "            \"display-price\" : 8.99\n" +
+        "         },\n" +
+        "         {\n" +
+        "            \"category\" : \"fiction\",\n" +
+        "            \"author\" : \"J. R. R. Tolkien\",\n" +
+        "            \"title\" : \"The Lord of the Rings\",\n" +
+        "            \"isbn\" : \"0-395-19395-8\",\n" +
+        "            \"display-price\" : 22.99\n" +
+        "         }]\n" +
+        "      },\n" +
+        "      {\n" +
+        "       \"name\": \"Second\",\n" +
+        "       \"book\": [\n" +
+        "         {\n" +
+        "            \"category\" : \"fiction\",\n" +
+        "            \"author\" : \"Ernest Hemmingway\",\n" +
+        "            \"title\" : \"The Old Man and the Sea\",\n" +
+        "            \"display-price\" : 12.99\n" +
+        "         }]\n" +
+        "      }]}";
 
     private Configuration conf = Configurations.GSON_CONFIGURATION;
 
@@ -125,6 +166,12 @@ public class InlineFilterTest extends BaseTest {
         assertThat(resLeft).containsExactly("Nigel Rees");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void patterns_match_against_lists() {
+        List<String> haveRefBooks = JsonPath.parse(MULTI_STORE_JSON_DOCUMENT).read("$.store[?(@.book[*].category =~ /Reference/i)].name");
+        assertThat(haveRefBooks).containsExactly("First");
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void negate_exists_check() {
         List<String> hasIsbn = JsonPath.parse(JSON_DOCUMENT).read("$.store.book[?(@.isbn)].author");