diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_regex.c b/bgpd/bgp_regex.c
index be84d40..9b65f7c 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgp_regex.c
+++ b/bgpd/bgp_regex.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 
   regex = XMALLOC (MTYPE_BGP_REGEXP, sizeof (regex_t));
 
-  ret = regcomp (regex, magic_str, REG_EXTENDED);
+  ret = regcomp (regex, magic_str, REG_EXTENDED|REG_NOSUB);
 
   XFREE (MTYPE_TMP, magic_str);