diff --git a/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/UserNameRegex.java b/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/UserNameRegex.java
index f3a2fe4f4845..b044b91e93c3 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/UserNameRegex.java
+++ b/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/UserNameRegex.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package com.intellij.vcs.log;
 
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.SystemInfo;
 import com.intellij.util.Function;
 
 public class UserNameRegex implements Function<String, String> {
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@ public class UserNameRegex implements Function<String, String> {
 
   @Override
   public String fun(String s) {
+    if (SystemInfo.isMac) {
+      return "^" + s + ".*";// tmp fix for mac
+    }
     return "^" +
            s +
            "( <.*>)?$|^<" +