diff --git a/gum/gummemory.c b/gum/gummemory.c
index 26c800dd5..381503500 100644
--- a/gum/gummemory.c
+++ b/gum/gummemory.c
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ gum_match_pattern_new_from_regex (const gchar * regex_str)
   GumMatchPattern * pattern;
   GRegex * regex;
 
-  regex = g_regex_new (regex_str, G_REGEX_OPTIMIZE, G_REGEX_MATCH_NOTEMPTY,
+  regex = g_regex_new (regex_str, G_REGEX_OPTIMIZE | G_REGEX_RAW, G_REGEX_MATCH_NOTEMPTY,
       NULL);
   if (regex == NULL)
     return NULL;