diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Adapter/AbstractFindAdapter.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Adapter/AbstractFindAdapter.php
index 7fdd94be7b..4d73b32c34 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Adapter/AbstractFindAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Adapter/AbstractFindAdapter.php
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ abstract class AbstractFindAdapter extends AbstractAdapter
             // Fixes 'not search' regex problems.
             if ($expr->isRegex()) {
                 $regex = $expr->getRegex();
-                $regex->prepend($regex->hasStartFlag() ? $dir.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR : '.*')->setEndJoker(!$regex->hasEndFlag());
+                $regex->prepend($regex->hasStartFlag() ? preg_quote($dir).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR : '.*')->setEndJoker(!$regex->hasEndFlag());
             } else {
                 $expr->prepend('*')->append('*');
             }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Tests/FinderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Tests/FinderTest.php
index 0711f7e7a3..924c67bd89 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Tests/FinderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Tests/FinderTest.php
@@ -569,6 +569,20 @@ class FinderTest extends Iterator\RealIteratorTestCase
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider getAdaptersTestData
+     */
+    public function testRegexSpecialCharsLocationWithPathRestrictionContainingStartFlag(Adapter\AdapterInterface $adapter)
+    {
+        $finder = $this->buildFinder($adapter);
+        $finder->in(__DIR__.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'Fixtures'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'r+e.g?e*x[c]a(r)s')
+            ->path('/^dir/');
+
+        $expected = array('r+e.g?e*x[c]a(r)s'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'dir',
+                          'r+e.g?e*x[c]a(r)s'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'dir'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'bar.dat',);
+        $this->assertIterator($this->toAbsoluteFixtures($expected), $finder);
+    }
+
     public function testAdaptersOrdering()
     {
         $finder = Finder::create()
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Tests/Fixtures/r+e.g?e*x[c]a(r)s/dir/bar.dat b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Tests/Fixtures/r+e.g?e*x[c]a(r)s/dir/bar.dat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2