diff --git a/java/structuralsearch-java/src/com/intellij/structuralsearch/impl/matcher/JavaMatchingVisitor.java b/java/structuralsearch-java/src/com/intellij/structuralsearch/impl/matcher/JavaMatchingVisitor.java
index 42f113f281f0..cfb82cb0e371 100644
--- a/java/structuralsearch-java/src/com/intellij/structuralsearch/impl/matcher/JavaMatchingVisitor.java
+++ b/java/structuralsearch-java/src/com/intellij/structuralsearch/impl/matcher/JavaMatchingVisitor.java
@@ -1614,7 +1614,16 @@ public class JavaMatchingVisitor extends JavaElementVisitor {
       myMatchingVisitor.setResult(annotations2 != null && myMatchingVisitor.matchInAnyOrder(annotations, annotations2));
       if (!myMatchingVisitor.getResult()) return;
     }
-    myMatchingVisitor.setResult(matchType(typeElement, other));
+    final PsiTypeElement[] typeElementChildren = PsiTreeUtil.getChildrenOfType(typeElement, PsiTypeElement.class);
+    if (typeElementChildren != null && typeElementChildren.length > 1) {
+      // multi catch type element
+      final PsiTypeElement[] typeElementChildren2 = PsiTreeUtil.getChildrenOfType(other, PsiTypeElement.class);
+      myMatchingVisitor.setResult(
+        typeElementChildren2 != null && myMatchingVisitor.matchInAnyOrder(typeElementChildren, typeElementChildren2));
+    }
+    else {
+      myMatchingVisitor.setResult(matchType(typeElement, other));
+    }
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/platform/structuralsearch/testSource/com/intellij/structuralsearch/StructuralSearchTest.java b/platform/structuralsearch/testSource/com/intellij/structuralsearch/StructuralSearchTest.java
index 3c7f704343cf..32e9db6acaa7 100644
--- a/platform/structuralsearch/testSource/com/intellij/structuralsearch/StructuralSearchTest.java
+++ b/platform/structuralsearch/testSource/com/intellij/structuralsearch/StructuralSearchTest.java
@@ -3223,5 +3223,14 @@ public class StructuralSearchTest extends StructuralSearchTestCase {
 
     String pattern3 = "try { '_St1*; } finally { '_St2*; }";
     assertEquals("Find try with finally block", 3, findMatchesCount(source, pattern3));
+
+    String pattern4 = "try { '_St1*; } catch (NullPointerException | IllegalArgumentException '_e) { '_St2*; }";
+    assertEquals("Match multi catch correctly", 0, findMatchesCount(source, pattern4));
+
+    String pattern5 = "try { '_St1*; } catch (UnsupportedOperationException | NullPointerException '_e) { '_St2*; }";
+    assertEquals("Find multi catch", 1, findMatchesCount(source, pattern5));
+
+    String pattern6 = "try { '_St1*; } catch ('_E1 | '_E2 '_e) { '_St2*; }";
+    assertEquals("Find multi catch with variables", 1, findMatchesCount(source, pattern6));
   }
 }