diff --git a/glib/gregex.c b/glib/gregex.c
index d6ccc8898..1862de2ff 100644
--- a/glib/gregex.c
+++ b/glib/gregex.c
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@
                               G_REGEX_NEWLINE_LF        | \
                               G_REGEX_NEWLINE_CRLF      | \
                               G_REGEX_NEWLINE_ANYCRLF   | \
-                              G_REGEX_BSR_ANYCRLF)
+                              G_REGEX_BSR_ANYCRLF       | \
+                              G_REGEX_JAVASCRIPT_COMPAT)
 
 /* Mask of all GRegexCompileFlags values that are (not) passed trough to PCRE */
 #define G_REGEX_COMPILE_PCRE_MASK (G_REGEX_COMPILE_MASK & ~G_REGEX_COMPILE_NONPCRE_MASK)
@@ -136,20 +137,21 @@
                             G_REGEX_MATCH_BSR_ANY)
 
 /* we rely on these flags having the same values */
-G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_CASELESS        == PCRE_CASELESS);
-G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_MULTILINE       == PCRE_MULTILINE);
-G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_DOTALL          == PCRE_DOTALL);
-G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_EXTENDED        == PCRE_EXTENDED);
-G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_ANCHORED        == PCRE_ANCHORED);
-G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_DOLLAR_ENDONLY  == PCRE_DOLLAR_ENDONLY);
-G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_UNGREEDY        == PCRE_UNGREEDY);
-G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_NO_AUTO_CAPTURE == PCRE_NO_AUTO_CAPTURE);
-G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_DUPNAMES        == PCRE_DUPNAMES);
-G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_NEWLINE_CR      == PCRE_NEWLINE_CR);
-G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_NEWLINE_LF      == PCRE_NEWLINE_LF);
-G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_NEWLINE_CRLF    == PCRE_NEWLINE_CRLF);
-G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_NEWLINE_ANYCRLF == PCRE_NEWLINE_ANYCRLF);
-G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_BSR_ANYCRLF     == PCRE_BSR_ANYCRLF);
+G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_CASELESS          == PCRE_CASELESS);
+G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_MULTILINE         == PCRE_MULTILINE);
+G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_DOTALL            == PCRE_DOTALL);
+G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_EXTENDED          == PCRE_EXTENDED);
+G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_ANCHORED          == PCRE_ANCHORED);
+G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_DOLLAR_ENDONLY    == PCRE_DOLLAR_ENDONLY);
+G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_UNGREEDY          == PCRE_UNGREEDY);
+G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_NO_AUTO_CAPTURE   == PCRE_NO_AUTO_CAPTURE);
+G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_DUPNAMES          == PCRE_DUPNAMES);
+G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_NEWLINE_CR        == PCRE_NEWLINE_CR);
+G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_NEWLINE_LF        == PCRE_NEWLINE_LF);
+G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_NEWLINE_CRLF      == PCRE_NEWLINE_CRLF);
+G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_NEWLINE_ANYCRLF   == PCRE_NEWLINE_ANYCRLF);
+G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_BSR_ANYCRLF       == PCRE_BSR_ANYCRLF);
+G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_JAVASCRIPT_COMPAT == PCRE_JAVASCRIPT_COMPAT);
 
 G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_MATCH_ANCHORED        == PCRE_ANCHORED);
 G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_REGEX_MATCH_NOTBOL          == PCRE_NOTBOL);
@@ -472,6 +474,9 @@ translate_compile_error (gint *errcode, const gchar **errmsg)
     case G_REGEX_ERROR_MISSING_DIGIT:
       *errmsg = _("digit expected after (?+");
       break;
+    case G_REGEX_ERROR_INVALID_DATA_CHARACTER:
+      *errmsg = _("] is an invalid data character in JavaScript compatibility mode");
+      break;
     case G_REGEX_ERROR_EXTRA_SUBPATTERN_NAME:
       *errmsg = _("different names for subpatterns of the same number are not allowed");
       break;
@@ -513,11 +518,6 @@ translate_compile_error (gint *errcode, const gchar **errmsg)
     case 174: /* invalid UTF-16 string */
       /* These errors should not happen as we are using an UTF-8 and UCP-enabled PCRE
        * and we do not check if strings are valid */
-    case 164: /* ] is an invalid data character in JavaScript compatibility mode */
-      /* This should not happen as we don't use PCRE_JAVASCRIPT_COMPAT */
-      g_warning ("%s", *errmsg);
-      *errcode = G_REGEX_ERROR_COMPILE;
-      break;
     case 170: /* internal error: unknown opcode in find_fixedlength() */
       *errcode = G_REGEX_ERROR_INTERNAL;
       break;
diff --git a/glib/gregex.h b/glib/gregex.h
index 8705230f8..91852bf45 100644
--- a/glib/gregex.h
+++ b/glib/gregex.h
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
  *     control verb. Since: 2.34
  * @G_REGEX_ERROR_NUMBER_TOO_BIG: number is too big in escape sequence. Since: 2.34
  * @G_REGEX_ERROR_MISSING_SUBPATTERN_NAME: Missing subpattern name. Since: 2.34
+ * @G_REGEX_ERROR_INVALID_DATA_CHARACTER: In JavaScript compatibility mode,
+ *     "[" is an invalid data character. Since: 2.34
  * @G_REGEX_ERROR_EXTRA_SUBPATTERN_NAME: different names for subpatterns of the 
  *     same number are not allowed. Since: 2.34
  * @G_REGEX_ERROR_BACKTRACKING_CONTROL_VERB_ARGUMENT_REQUIRED: the backtracing control
@@ -185,6 +187,7 @@ typedef enum
   G_REGEX_ERROR_NUMBER_TOO_BIG = 161,
   G_REGEX_ERROR_MISSING_SUBPATTERN_NAME = 162,
   G_REGEX_ERROR_MISSING_DIGIT = 163,
+  G_REGEX_ERROR_INVALID_DATA_CHARACTER = 164,
   G_REGEX_ERROR_EXTRA_SUBPATTERN_NAME = 165,
   G_REGEX_ERROR_BACKTRACKING_CONTROL_VERB_ARGUMENT_REQUIRED = 166,
   G_REGEX_ERROR_INVALID_CONTROL_CHAR = 168,
@@ -299,7 +302,8 @@ typedef enum
   G_REGEX_NEWLINE_LF        = 1 << 21,
   G_REGEX_NEWLINE_CRLF      = G_REGEX_NEWLINE_CR | G_REGEX_NEWLINE_LF,
   G_REGEX_NEWLINE_ANYCRLF   = G_REGEX_NEWLINE_CR | 1 << 22,
-  G_REGEX_BSR_ANYCRLF       = 1 << 23
+  G_REGEX_BSR_ANYCRLF       = 1 << 23,
+  G_REGEX_JAVASCRIPT_COMPAT = 1 << 25
 } GRegexCompileFlags;
 
 /**
@@ -355,6 +359,8 @@ typedef enum
  *     single characters U+000B LINE TABULATION, U+000C FORM FEED (FF),
  *     U+0085 NEXT LINE (NEL), U+2028 LINE SEPARATOR and
  *     U+2029 PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR. Since: 2.34
+ * @G_REGEX_JAVASCRIPT_COMPAT: Changes behaviour so that it is compatible with
+ *     JavaScript rather than PCRE. Since: 2.34
  *
  * Flags specifying match-time options.
  *
diff --git a/glib/tests/regex.c b/glib/tests/regex.c
index a21464f19..beeea26af 100644
--- a/glib/tests/regex.c
+++ b/glib/tests/regex.c
@@ -2134,6 +2134,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   TEST_NEW_FAIL ("(?i:A{1,}\\6666666666)", 0, G_REGEX_ERROR_NUMBER_TOO_BIG);
   TEST_NEW_FAIL ("(?<a>)(?&)", 0, G_REGEX_ERROR_MISSING_SUBPATTERN_NAME);
   TEST_NEW_FAIL ("(?+-a)", 0, G_REGEX_ERROR_MISSING_DIGIT);
+  TEST_NEW_FAIL ("TA]", G_REGEX_JAVASCRIPT_COMPAT, G_REGEX_ERROR_INVALID_DATA_CHARACTER);
   TEST_NEW_FAIL ("(?|(?<a>A)|(?<b>B))", 0, G_REGEX_ERROR_EXTRA_SUBPATTERN_NAME);
   TEST_NEW_FAIL ("a(*MARK)b", 0, G_REGEX_ERROR_BACKTRACKING_CONTROL_VERB_ARGUMENT_REQUIRED);
   TEST_NEW_FAIL ("^\\c€", 0, G_REGEX_ERROR_INVALID_CONTROL_CHAR);