diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/find/FindManagerTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/find/FindManagerTest.java
index 9a94173bfcaf..d7f49ed14a36 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/find/FindManagerTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/find/FindManagerTest.java
@@ -870,6 +870,8 @@ public class FindManagerTest extends DaemonAnalyzerTestCase {
     assertEquals(" Foo ", buildStringToFindForIndicesFromRegExp("\\bFoo\\b", myProject));
     assertEquals("", buildStringToFindForIndicesFromRegExp("foo|bar", myProject));
     assertEquals(" Exit Foo Bar Baz", buildStringToFindForIndicesFromRegExp("\\nExit\\tFoo\\rBar\\fBaz", myProject));
+    assertEquals(" Foo Bar Baz Exit", buildStringToFindForIndicesFromRegExp("\\012Foo\\u000ABar\\x0ABaz\\aExit", myProject));
+    assertEquals(" Foo Bar BazCooBoo", buildStringToFindForIndicesFromRegExp("\\1Foo\\sBar\\DBaz\\QCoo\\E\\QBoo", myProject));
   }
 
   public void testCreateFileMaskCondition() {
diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/find/impl/FindInProjectUtil.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/find/impl/FindInProjectUtil.java
index c9f61dd2afb6..543d3d9a46eb 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/find/impl/FindInProjectUtil.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/find/impl/FindInProjectUtil.java
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ public class FindInProjectUtil {
         public String fun(PsiElement element) {
           if(regExpCharPsiClass.isInstance(element)) {
             String text = element.getText();
-            if (!"\\n".equals(text) && !"\\t".equals(text) && !"\\f".equals(text) && !"\\r".equals(text)) return text;
+            if (!text.startsWith("\\")) return text;
           }
           return " ";
         }