1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/findutils/grep.c b/findutils/grep.c
index 7cd8196fd..eeab16387 100644
--- a/findutils/grep.c
+++ b/findutils/grep.c
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ extern int grep_main(int argc, char **argv)
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_GREP_EGREP_ALIAS
         if (strcmp (basename (argv[0]), "egrep") == 0)
                 reflags |= REG_ICASE;
+                reflags |= REG_EXTENDED;
 #endif
 
         /* do normal option parsing */