diff --git a/extensions/mongo/Collection.php b/extensions/mongo/Collection.php
index 9b76b26..9bd8bcc 100644
--- a/extensions/mongo/Collection.php
+++ b/extensions/mongo/Collection.php
@@ -907,6 +907,9 @@ class Collection extends Object
 			throw new InvalidParamException("Operator '$operator' requires two operands.");
 		}
 		list($column, $value) = $operands;
-		return [$column => '/' . $value . '/'];
+		if (!($value instanceof \MongoRegex)) {
+			$value = new \MongoRegex($value);
+		}
+		return [$column => $value];
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/tests/unit/extensions/mongo/QueryRunTest.php b/tests/unit/extensions/mongo/QueryRunTest.php
index 7fe4812..121e826 100644
--- a/tests/unit/extensions/mongo/QueryRunTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/extensions/mongo/QueryRunTest.php
@@ -129,4 +129,16 @@ class QueryRunTest extends MongoTestCase
 			->all($connection);
 		$this->assertEquals(1, count($rows));
 	}
+
+	public function testLike()
+	{
+		$connection = $this->getConnection();
+		$query = new Query;
+		$rows = $query->from('customer')
+			->where(['LIKE', 'name', '/me1/'])
+			->all($connection);
+		$this->assertEquals(2, count($rows));
+		$this->assertEquals('name1', $rows[0]['name']);
+		$this->assertEquals('name10', $rows[1]['name']);
+	}
 }
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