diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/patterns/StringPattern.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/patterns/StringPattern.java
index 648ad01fda34..fb00b2afd3a8 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/patterns/StringPattern.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/patterns/StringPattern.java
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ package com.intellij.patterns;
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.ProcessingContext;
+import dk.brics.automaton.Automaton;
+import dk.brics.automaton.DatatypesAutomatonProvider;
+import dk.brics.automaton.RegExp;
+import dk.brics.automaton.RunAutomaton;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
@@ -91,6 +95,7 @@ public class StringPattern extends ObjectPattern<String, StringPattern> {
       return equalTo(s);
     }
     final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(s);
+
     return with(new ValuePatternCondition<String>("matches") {
       public boolean accepts(@NotNull final String str, final ProcessingContext context) {
         return pattern.matcher(str).matches();
@@ -103,6 +108,44 @@ public class StringPattern extends ObjectPattern<String, StringPattern> {
     });
   }
 
+  @NotNull
+  public StringPattern matchesBrics(@NonNls @NotNull final String s) {
+    final String escaped = StringUtil.escapeToRegexp(s);
+    if (escaped.equals(s)) {
+      return equalTo(s);
+    }
+
+    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(s.length()*5);
+    for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
+      final char c = s.charAt(i);
+      if(c == ' ') {
+        sb.append("<whitespace>");
+      }
+      else
+      if(Character.isUpperCase(c)) {
+        sb.append('[').append(Character.toUpperCase(c)).append(Character.toLowerCase(c)).append(']');
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        sb.append(c);
+      }
+    }
+    final RegExp regExp = new RegExp(sb.toString());
+    final Automaton automaton = regExp.toAutomaton(new DatatypesAutomatonProvider());
+    final RunAutomaton runAutomaton = new RunAutomaton(automaton, true);
+
+    return with(new ValuePatternCondition<String>("matchesBrics") {
+      public boolean accepts(@NotNull final String str, final ProcessingContext context) {
+        return runAutomaton.run(str);
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public Collection<String> getValues() {
+        return Collections.singleton(s);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
   @NotNull
   public StringPattern contains(@NonNls @NotNull final ElementPattern<Character> pattern) {
     return with(new PatternCondition<String>("contains") {