diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindLLVM.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindLLVM.cmake
index 24a076eb..1c052812 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindLLVM.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindLLVM.cmake
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ else()
             OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
             ${_quiet_arg}
         )
-        string(REGEX MATCHALL "${prefix}[^ ]+" LLVM_${var} ${tmplibs})
+        string(REGEX REPLACE "([$^.[|*+?()]|])" "\\\\\\1" pattern ${prefix})
+        string(REGEX MATCHALL "${pattern}[^ ]+" LLVM_${var} ${tmplibs})
     endmacro()
 
     llvm_set(VERSION_STRING version)