diff --git a/gjson.go b/gjson.go
index 2c9325f..36e858f 100644
--- a/gjson.go
+++ b/gjson.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"reflect"
+	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -706,6 +707,8 @@ type arrayPathResult struct {
 		value string
 		all   bool
 	}
+
+	re *regexp.Regexp
 }
 
 func parseArrayPath(path string) (r arrayPathResult) {
@@ -1098,9 +1101,17 @@ func queryMatches(rp *arrayPathResult, value Result) bool {
 		case ">=":
 			return value.Str >= rpv
 		case "%":
-			return match.Match(value.Str, rpv)
+			if rp.re == nil {
+				rpv = strings.Replace(rpv, `\"`, `"`, -1)
+				rp.re = regexp.MustCompile(rpv)
+			}
+			return rp.re.MatchString(value.Str)
 		case "!%":
-			return !match.Match(value.Str, rpv)
+			if rp.re == nil {
+				rpv = strings.Replace(rpv, `\"`, `"`, -1)
+				rp.re = regexp.MustCompile(rpv)
+			}
+			return !rp.re.MatchString(value.Str)
 		}
 	case Number:
 		rpvn, _ := strconv.ParseFloat(rpv, 64)
diff --git a/gjson_test.go b/gjson_test.go
index c994cef..a80a84c 100644
--- a/gjson_test.go
+++ b/gjson_test.go
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ func TestBasic1(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", 3, count)
 	}
 }
+
 func TestBasic2(t *testing.T) {
 	mtok := get(basicJSON, `loggy.programmers.#[age=101].firstName`)
 	if mtok.String() != "1002.3" {
@@ -399,14 +400,15 @@ func TestBasic2(t *testing.T) {
 	if mtok.String() != "Jason" {
 		t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", "Jason", mtok.String())
 	}
-	mtok = get(basicJSON, `loggy.programmers.#[firstName % "Bre*"].email`)
+	mtok = get(basicJSON, `loggy.programmers.#[firstName % "Bre.*"].email`)
 	if mtok.String() != "aaaa" {
 		t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", "aaaa", mtok.String())
 	}
-	mtok = get(basicJSON, `loggy.programmers.#[firstName !% "Bre*"].email`)
+	mtok = get(basicJSON, `loggy.programmers.#[firstName !% "Bre.*"].email`)
 	if mtok.String() != "bbbb" {
 		t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", "bbbb", mtok.String())
 	}
+
 	mtok = get(basicJSON, `loggy.programmers.#[firstName == "Brett"].email`)
 	if mtok.String() != "aaaa" {
 		t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", "aaaa", mtok.String())
@@ -1431,3 +1433,10 @@ func TestArrayValues(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 }
+
+func TestEsonRegexp(t *testing.T) {
+	mtok := get(`{"data": [ {"dat": "123\"", "next": [{"a": "\"32"}, {"a": "32"}]}, {"dat": "234"} ] }`, `data.#[dat % "3\""].next.#[a % "\"32"]#.a`)
+	if mtok.String() != `["\"32"]` {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", `"32`, mtok.String())
+	}
+}