diff --git a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/RegexRequestMatcher.java b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/RegexRequestMatcher.java
index e0f6a47d3e..af5f289be8 100644
--- a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/RegexRequestMatcher.java
+++ b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/RegexRequestMatcher.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public final class RegexRequestMatcher implements RequestMatcher {
 
     /**
      * Performs the match of the request URL ({@code servletPath + pathInfo + queryString}) against
-     * the compiled pattern.
+     * the compiled pattern. If the query string is present, a question mark will be prepended.
      *
      * @param request the request to match
      * @return true if the pattern matches the URL, false otherwise.
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public final class RegexRequestMatcher implements RequestMatcher {
             }
 
             if (query != null) {
-                sb.append(query);
+                sb.append('?').append(query);
             }
             url = sb.toString();
         }
diff --git a/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/RegexRequestMatcherTests.java b/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/RegexRequestMatcherTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0099d20bdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/RegexRequestMatcherTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package org.springframework.security.web.util;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import org.junit.*;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
+
+/**
+ * @author Luke Taylor
+ */
+public class RegexRequestMatcherTests {
+
+    @Test
+    public void doesntMatchIfHttpMethodIsDifferent() throws Exception {
+        RegexRequestMatcher matcher = new RegexRequestMatcher(".*", "GET");
+
+        MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest("POST", "/anything");
+
+        assertFalse(matcher.matches(request));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void matchesIfHttpMethodAndPathMatch() throws Exception {
+        RegexRequestMatcher matcher = new RegexRequestMatcher(".*", "GET");
+
+        MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest("GET", "/anything");
+        request.setServletPath("/anything");
+
+        assertTrue(matcher.matches(request));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void queryStringIsMatcherCorrectly() throws Exception {
+        RegexRequestMatcher matcher = new RegexRequestMatcher(".*\\?x=y", "GET");
+
+        MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest("GET", "/any/path?x=y");
+        request.setServletPath("/any");
+        request.setPathInfo("/path");
+        request.setQueryString("x=y");
+
+        assertTrue(matcher.matches(request));
+    }
+}