diff --git a/mercurial/ignore.py b/mercurial/ignore.py
index 5a1af5f76b..9505b64394 100644
--- a/mercurial/ignore.py
+++ b/mercurial/ignore.py
@@ -57,10 +57,13 @@ def ignore(root, files, warn):
                         warn(_("%s: ignoring invalid syntax '%s'\n") % (f, s))
                     continue
                 pat = syntax + line
-                for s in syntaxes.values():
-                    if line.startswith(s):
+                for s, rels in syntaxes.items():
+                    if line.startswith(rels):
                         pat = line
                         break
+                    elif line.startswith(s+':'):
+                        pat = rels + line[len(s)+1:]
+                        break
                 pats[f].append(pat)
         except IOError, inst:
             if f != files[0]:
diff --git a/tests/test-hgignore b/tests/test-hgignore
index 052f53aea7..6ff2d597e5 100755
--- a/tests/test-hgignore
+++ b/tests/test-hgignore
@@ -40,12 +40,15 @@ echo "--" ; hg status 2>&1 | sed -e 's/abort: .*\.hgignore:/abort: .hgignore:/'
 echo ".*\.o" > .hgignore
 echo "--" ; hg status
 
-# XXX: broken
-#echo "glob:**.o" > .hgignore
-#echo "--" ; hg status
-#
-#echo "glob:*.o" > .hgignore
-#echo "--" ; hg status
+echo "glob:**.o" > .hgignore
+echo "--" ; hg status
+
+echo "glob:*.o" > .hgignore
+echo "--" ; hg status
+
+echo "syntax: glob" > .hgignore
+echo "re:.*\.o" >> .hgignore
+echo "--" ; hg status
 
 echo "syntax: invalid" > .hgignore
 echo "--" ; hg status 2>&1 | sed -e 's/.*\.hgignore:/.hgignore:/'
diff --git a/tests/test-hgignore.out b/tests/test-hgignore.out
index c28ac0ddf0..0f20755f6b 100644
--- a/tests/test-hgignore.out
+++ b/tests/test-hgignore.out
@@ -14,6 +14,21 @@ A dir/b.o
 ? a.c
 ? syntax
 --
+A dir/b.o
+? .hgignore
+? a.c
+? syntax
+--
+A dir/b.o
+? .hgignore
+? a.c
+? syntax
+--
+A dir/b.o
+? .hgignore
+? a.c
+? syntax
+--
 .hgignore: ignoring invalid syntax 'invalid'
 A dir/b.o
 ? .hgignore