diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 672ea74233..a8b3f9e3c5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -626,6 +626,8 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),Darwin)
 	endif
 	NO_STRLCPY = YesPlease
 	NO_MEMMEM = YesPlease
+	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -Icompat/regex
+	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/regex/regex.o
 endif
 ifeq ($(uname_S),SunOS)
 	NEEDS_SOCKET = YesPlease
@@ -750,10 +752,10 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
 	NO_SVN_TESTS = YesPlease
 	NO_PERL_MAKEMAKER = YesPlease
 	NO_POSIX_ONLY_PROGRAMS = YesPlease
-	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS -DNOGDI -Icompat
+	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS -DNOGDI -Icompat -Icompat/regex -Icompat/fnmatch
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DSNPRINTF_SIZE_CORR=1
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DSTRIP_EXTENSION=\".exe\"
-	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/mingw.o compat/fnmatch.o compat/regex.o compat/winansi.o
+	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/mingw.o compat/fnmatch/fnmatch.o compat/regex/regex.o compat/winansi.o
 	EXTLIBS += -lws2_32
 	X = .exe
 	gitexecdir = ../libexec/git-core
diff --git a/compat/fnmatch.c b/compat/fnmatch/fnmatch.c
similarity index 100%
rename from compat/fnmatch.c
rename to compat/fnmatch/fnmatch.c
diff --git a/compat/fnmatch.h b/compat/fnmatch/fnmatch.h
similarity index 100%
rename from compat/fnmatch.h
rename to compat/fnmatch/fnmatch.h
diff --git a/compat/regex.c b/compat/regex/regex.c
similarity index 100%
rename from compat/regex.c
rename to compat/regex/regex.c
diff --git a/compat/regex.h b/compat/regex/regex.h
similarity index 100%
rename from compat/regex.h
rename to compat/regex/regex.h
diff --git a/t/t4018-diff-funcname.sh b/t/t4018-diff-funcname.sh
index 833d6cbcfc..18bcd9713d 100755
--- a/t/t4018-diff-funcname.sh
+++ b/t/t4018-diff-funcname.sh
@@ -57,4 +57,10 @@ test_expect_success 'last regexp must not be negated' '
 	test_must_fail git diff --no-index Beer.java Beer-correct.java
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'alternation in pattern' '
+	git config diff.java.funcname "^[ 	]*\\(\\(public\\|static\\).*\\)$"
+	git diff --no-index Beer.java Beer-correct.java |
+	grep "^@@.*@@ public static void main("
+'
+
 test_done