diff --git a/bin/autojump_match.py b/bin/autojump_match.py
index 663fdf2..c390a75 100644
--- a/bin/autojump_match.py
+++ b/bin/autojump_match.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def match_anywhere(needles, haystack, ignore_case=False):
             (path='/foo/baz', weight=10),
         ]
     """
-    regex_needle = '.*' + '.*'.join(needles).replace('\\', '\\\\') + '.*'
+    regex_needle = '.*' + '.*'.join(imap(re.escape, needles)) + '.*'
     regex_flags = re.IGNORECASE | re.UNICODE if ignore_case else re.UNICODE
     found = lambda haystack: re.search(
         regex_needle,
diff --git a/tests/unit/autojump_match_test.py b/tests/unit/autojump_match_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f249cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/autojump_match_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import os
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'bin'))  # noqa
+from autojump_data import Entry
+from autojump_match import match_anywhere
+
+
+class TestMatchAnywhere(object):
+
+    entry1 = Entry('/foo/bar/baz', 10)
+    entry2 = Entry('/baz/foo/bar', 10)
+    entry3 = Entry('/foo/baz', 10)
+    entry4 = Entry('/中/zhong/国/guo', 10)
+    entry5 = Entry('/is\'t/this/a/b*tchin/edge/case?', 10)
+    win_entry1 = Entry('C:\\foo\\bar\\baz', 10)
+    win_entry2 = Entry('D:\Program Files (x86)\GIMP', 10)
+    win_entry3 = Entry('C:\Windows\System32', 10)
+
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def haystack(self):
+        return [
+            self.entry1,
+            self.entry2,
+            self.entry3,
+            self.entry4,
+            self.entry5,
+        ]
+
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def windows_haystack(self):
+        return [self.win_entry1, self.win_entry2, self.win_entry3]
+
+    def test_single_needle(self, haystack):
+        assert list(
+            match_anywhere(
+                ['bar'],
+                haystack)) == [
+            self.entry1,
+            self.entry2]
+
+    def test_consecutive(self, haystack):
+        assert list(match_anywhere(['foo', 'bar'], haystack)) \
+            == [self.entry1, self.entry2]
+        assert list(match_anywhere(['bar', 'foo'], haystack)) == []
+
+    def test_skip(self, haystack):
+        assert list(match_anywhere(['baz', 'bar'], haystack)) == [self.entry2]
+        assert list(match_anywhere(['中', '国'], haystack)) == [self.entry4]
+
+    def test_ignore_case(self, haystack):
+        assert list(match_anywhere(['bAz', 'bAR'], haystack, ignore_case=True)) \
+            == [self.entry2]
+
+    def test_backslashes_for_windows_paths(self, windows_haystack):
+        # https://github.com/wting/autojump/issues/281
+        assert list(match_anywhere(['foo', 'baz'], windows_haystack)) \
+            == [self.win_entry1]
+        assert list(match_anywhere(['program', 'gimp'], windows_haystack, True)) \
+            == [self.win_entry2]
+        assert list(match_anywhere(['win', '32'], windows_haystack, True)) \
+            == [self.win_entry3]
+
+    def test_wildcard_in_needle(self, haystack):
+        # https://github.com/wting/autojump/issues/402
+        assert list(match_anywhere(['*', 'this'], haystack)) == []
+        assert list(match_anywhere(['this', '*'], haystack)) == [self.entry5]