1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/findutils/grep.c b/findutils/grep.c
index e0f01c9c2..9d38ef912 100644
--- a/findutils/grep.c
+++ b/findutils/grep.c
@@ -559,6 +559,11 @@ int grep_main(int argc, char **argv)
         ) {
                 reflags |= REG_EXTENDED;
         }
+#if ENABLE_EXTRA_COMPAT
+        else {
+                reflags = RE_SYNTAX_GREP;
+        }
+#endif
 
         if (option_mask32 & OPT_i) {
 #if !ENABLE_EXTRA_COMPAT