diff --git a/src/command/backup/common.c b/src/command/backup/common.c
index 0f7916ff9..38d32c1eb 100644
--- a/src/command/backup/common.c
+++ b/src/command/backup/common.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ backupRegExp(BackupRegExpParam param)
         FUNCTION_LOG_PARAM(BOOL, param.full);
         FUNCTION_LOG_PARAM(BOOL, param.differential);
         FUNCTION_LOG_PARAM(BOOL, param.incremental);
+        FUNCTION_LOG_PARAM(BOOL, param.noAnchorEnd);
     FUNCTION_LOG_END();
 
     ASSERT(param.full || param.differential || param.incremental);
@@ -76,7 +77,8 @@ backupRegExp(BackupRegExpParam param)
     }
 
     // Append the end anchor
-    strCat(result, "$");
+    if (!param.noAnchorEnd)
+        strCat(result, "$");
 
     FUNCTION_LOG_RETURN(STRING, result);
 }
diff --git a/src/command/backup/common.h b/src/command/backup/common.h
index eef3d2459..77776a109 100644
--- a/src/command/backup/common.h
+++ b/src/command/backup/common.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ typedef struct BackupRegExpParam
     bool full;
     bool differential;
     bool incremental;
+    bool noAnchorEnd;
 } BackupRegExpParam;
 
 #define backupRegExpP(...)                                                                                                         \
diff --git a/test/src/module/command/backupCommonTest.c b/test/src/module/command/backupCommonTest.c
index e6ee9edb9..d0884d8dd 100644
--- a/test/src/module/command/backupCommonTest.c
+++ b/test/src/module/command/backupCommonTest.c
@@ -90,17 +90,14 @@ testRun(void)
         TEST_RESULT_BOOL(regExpMatchOne(filter, full), true, "    match full");
 
         // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-        filter = backupRegExpP(.incremental = true, .differential = true);
+        filter = backupRegExpP(.incremental = true, .differential = true, .noAnchorEnd = true);
 
         TEST_RESULT_STR(
             strPtr(filter),
-            "^[0-9]{8}\\-[0-9]{6}F\\_[0-9]{8}\\-[0-9]{6}(D|I)$", "diff and incr backup regex with anchors");
+            "^[0-9]{8}\\-[0-9]{6}F\\_[0-9]{8}\\-[0-9]{6}(D|I)", "diff and incr backup regex with anchors");
         TEST_RESULT_BOOL(regExpMatchOne(filter, incr), true, "   match incr");
         TEST_RESULT_BOOL(regExpMatchOne(filter, diff), true, "   match diff");
         TEST_RESULT_BOOL(regExpMatchOne(filter, full), false, "   does not match full");
-        TEST_RESULT_BOOL(
-            regExpMatchOne(
-                filter, strNew("12341234-123123F_12341234-123123DG")), false, "   does not match with trailing character");
         TEST_RESULT_BOOL(
             regExpMatchOne(
                 filter, strNew("A12341234-123123F_12341234-123123I")), false, "   does not match with leading character");