diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/Set2Test.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/Set2Test.php
index 505cf588b..264815cc2 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/Set2Test.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/Set2Test.php
@@ -783,4 +783,17 @@ class Set2Test extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals(4, $expected[0]['user_id']);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Test attribute pattern matching.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testExtractAttributePattern() {
+		$data = self::articleData();
+
+		$result = Set2::extract($data, '{n}.Article[title=/^First/]');
+		$expected = array($data[0]['Article']);
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Utility/Set2.php b/lib/Cake/Utility/Set2.php
index 57230f3e4..85f0b02ae 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Utility/Set2.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Utility/Set2.php
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ class Set2 {
 						}
 					}
 				}
-
 			}
 	
 			// Filter for attributes.
@@ -211,17 +210,22 @@ class Set2 {
 
 			// Presence test.
 			if (empty($op) && empty($val) && !isset($data[$attr])) {
-				$ok = false;
+				return false;
 			}
 
 			// Empty attribute = fail.
 			if (!isset($data[$attr])) {
-				$ok = false;
+				return false;
 			}
 
 			$prop = isset($data[$attr]) ? $data[$attr] : null;
 
-			if (
+			// Pattern matches and other operators.
+			if ($op === '=' && $val && $val[0] === '/') {
+				if (!preg_match($val, $prop)) {
+					return false;
+				}
+			} elseif (
 				($op === '=' && $prop != $val) ||
 				($op === '!=' && $prop == $val) ||
 				($op === '>' && $prop <= $val) ||
@@ -229,11 +233,9 @@ class Set2 {
 				($op === '>=' && $prop < $val) ||
 				($op === '<=' && $prop > $val)
 			) {
-				$ok = false;
-			}
-			if (!$ok) {
 				return false;
 			}
+
 		}
 		return true;
 	}