diff --git a/glib/gregex.c b/glib/gregex.c
index 220a1a11a..6b22f1f15 100644
--- a/glib/gregex.c
+++ b/glib/gregex.c
@@ -1684,7 +1684,10 @@ g_regex_new (const gchar         *pattern,
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (pattern != NULL, NULL);
   g_return_val_if_fail (error == NULL || *error == NULL, NULL);
-  g_return_val_if_fail ((compile_options & ~G_REGEX_COMPILE_MASK) == 0, NULL);
+G_GNUC_BEGIN_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
+  g_return_val_if_fail ((compile_options & ~(G_REGEX_COMPILE_MASK |
+                                             G_REGEX_JAVASCRIPT_COMPAT)) == 0, NULL);
+G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
   g_return_val_if_fail ((match_options & ~G_REGEX_MATCH_MASK) == 0, NULL);
 
   if (g_once_init_enter (&initialised))
diff --git a/glib/tests/regex.c b/glib/tests/regex.c
index 9803d4965..f2e1a04ad 100644
--- a/glib/tests/regex.c
+++ b/glib/tests/regex.c
@@ -2542,6 +2542,10 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   TEST_NEW_CHECK_FLAGS ("(*BSR_ANYCRLF)a", 0, 0, G_REGEX_BSR_ANYCRLF, 0);
   TEST_NEW_CHECK_FLAGS ("(*BSR_UNICODE)a", 0, 0, 0 /* this is the default in GRegex */, 0);
   TEST_NEW_CHECK_FLAGS ("(*NO_START_OPT)a", 0, 0, 0 /* not exposed in GRegex */, 0);
+  /* Make sure we ignore deprecated G_REGEX_JAVASCRIPT_COMPAT */
+G_GNUC_BEGIN_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
+  TEST_NEW_CHECK_FLAGS ("a", G_REGEX_JAVASCRIPT_COMPAT, 0, 0, 0);
+G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
 
   /* TEST_NEW_FAIL(pattern, compile_opts, expected_error) */
   TEST_NEW_FAIL("(", 0, G_REGEX_ERROR_UNMATCHED_PARENTHESIS);