1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/regex.h b/regex.h
index 3c2d1ad50e..c82ddd1ef2 100644
--- a/regex.h
+++ b/regex.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 /* works line Perl's /s; it's called POSIX for wrong reason */
 #define RE_OPTION_POSIXLINE  (RE_OPTION_MULTILINE|RE_OPTION_SINGLELINE)
 /* search for longest match, in accord with POSIX regexp */
-#define RE_OPTION_LONGEST    (RE_OPTION_POSIXLINE<<1)
+#define RE_OPTION_LONGEST    (RE_OPTION_SINGLELINE<<1)
 
 #define RE_MAY_IGNORECASE    (RE_OPTION_LONGEST<<1)
 #define RE_OPTIMIZE_ANCHOR   (RE_MAY_IGNORECASE<<1)