diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index be5ee3e0423..9cf54fdaf32 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-08-31  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* ldlex.l (WILDCHAR): Add the caret and exclamation point
+	characters, so that they can be used inside regexps.
+
 2010-08-31  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	* ld.texinfo (MEMORY): Clarify the behaviour of the ! character in
diff --git a/ld/ldlex.l b/ld/ldlex.l
index e52d83b2223..7f038b32a4a 100644
--- a/ld/ldlex.l
+++ b/ld/ldlex.l
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ CMDFILENAMECHAR1  [_a-zA-Z0-9\/\.\\_\+\$\:\[\]\\\,\=\&\!\<\>\~]
 FILENAMECHAR1	[_a-zA-Z\/\.\\\$\_\~]
 SYMBOLCHARN     [_a-zA-Z\/\.\\\$\_\~0-9]
 FILENAMECHAR	[_a-zA-Z0-9\/\.\-\_\+\=\$\:\[\]\\\,\~]
-WILDCHAR	[_a-zA-Z0-9\/\.\-\_\+\=\$\:\[\]\\\,\~\?\*]
+WILDCHAR	[_a-zA-Z0-9\/\.\-\_\+\=\$\:\[\]\\\,\~\?\*\^\!]
 WHITE		[ \t\n\r]+
 
 NOCFILENAMECHAR	[_a-zA-Z0-9\/\.\-\_\+\$\:\[\]\\\~]