diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/mongodb-panache.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/mongodb-panache.adoc
index 9268ef988f2e3c..6395f24a1a6b3f 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/mongodb-panache.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/mongodb-panache.adoc
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ MongoDB with Panache will then map it to a MongoDB native query.
 If your query does not start with `{`, we will consider it a PanacheQL query:
 
 - `<singlePropertyName>` (and single parameter) which will expand to `{'singleColumnName': '?1'}`
-- `<query>` will expand to `{<query>}` where we will map the PanacheQL query to MongoDB native query form. We support the following operators that will be mapped to the corresponding MongoDB operators: 'and', 'or' ( mixing 'and' and 'or' is not currently supported), '=', '>', '>=', '<', '<=', '!=', 'is null', 'is not null', and 'like' that is mapped to the MongoDB `$regex` operator.
+- `<query>` will expand to `{<query>}` where we will map the PanacheQL query to MongoDB native query form. We support the following operators that will be mapped to the corresponding MongoDB operators: 'and', 'or' ( mixing 'and' and 'or' is not currently supported), '=', '>', '>=', '<', '<=', '!=', 'is null', 'is not null', and 'like' that is mapped to the MongoDB `$regex` operator (both String and JavaScript patterns are supported).
 
 Here are some query examples:
 
diff --git a/extensions/panache/mongodb-panache/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/panache/binder/MongoParserVisitor.java b/extensions/panache/mongodb-panache/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/panache/binder/MongoParserVisitor.java
index a21722ddeddf8b..abf15d6df17dae 100644
--- a/extensions/panache/mongodb-panache/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/panache/binder/MongoParserVisitor.java
+++ b/extensions/panache/mongodb-panache/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/panache/binder/MongoParserVisitor.java
@@ -54,7 +54,13 @@ public String visitLessThanOrEqualPredicate(HqlParser.LessThanOrEqualPredicateCo
 
     @Override
     public String visitLikePredicate(HqlParser.LikePredicateContext ctx) {
-        return ctx.expression(0).accept(this) + ":{'$regex':" + ctx.expression(1).accept(this) + "}";
+        String parameter = ctx.expression(1).accept(this);
+        if (parameter.indexOf('/') == 1 && parameter.lastIndexOf('/') > 1) {
+            // In case we have something like '/.*/.*' we are in a JavaScript regex so we must unescape the parameter.
+            // We do this here instead of inside visitParameterExpression to avoid unescaping for non-regex parameters.
+            parameter = parameter.substring(1, parameter.length() - 1);
+        }
+        return ctx.expression(0).accept(this) + ":{'$regex':" + parameter + "}";
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/extensions/panache/mongodb-panache/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/panache/package-info.java b/extensions/panache/mongodb-panache/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/panache/package-info.java
index ac83e270bf516d..fb1e0b5809024f 100644
--- a/extensions/panache/mongodb-panache/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/panache/package-info.java
+++ b/extensions/panache/mongodb-panache/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/panache/package-info.java
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@
  * They will all generates the same query : {"field": "value"}.
  * </li>
  * <li>We support the following query operators: 'and', 'or' ( mixing 'and' and 'or' is not currently supported), '=',
- * '>', '>=', '<', '<=', '!=', 'is null', 'is not null', and 'like' that is mapped to the MongoDB `$regex` operator.</li>
+ * '>', '>=', '<', '<=', '!=', 'is null', 'is not null', and 'like' that is mapped to the MongoDB `$regex` operator
+ * (both String and JavaScript patterns are supported).</li>
  * <li>field replacement is supported based on the value of the <code>@BsonProperty</code> annotations</li>
  * </ul>
  * </p>
diff --git a/integration-tests/mongodb-panache/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/mongodb/panache/test/TestResource.java b/integration-tests/mongodb-panache/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/mongodb/panache/test/TestResource.java
index 2a7579f0d77dcb..a122539d77f275 100644
--- a/integration-tests/mongodb-panache/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/mongodb/panache/test/TestResource.java
+++ b/integration-tests/mongodb-panache/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/mongodb/panache/test/TestResource.java
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ public Response testImperativeEntity() {
         Assertions.assertEquals(0, TestImperativeEntity.list("category = :category",
                 Parameters.with("category", null)).size());
 
+        // regex
+        TestImperativeEntity entityWithUpperCase = new TestImperativeEntity("title11", "upperCaseCategory", "desc");
+        entityWithUpperCase.persist();
+        Assertions.assertEquals(1, TestImperativeEntity.list("category like ?1", "upperCase.*").size());
+        Assertions.assertEquals(1, TestImperativeEntity.list("category like ?1", "/uppercase.*/i").size());
+        entityWithUpperCase.delete();
+
         // sort
         TestImperativeEntity entityA = new TestImperativeEntity("aaa", "aaa", "aaa");
         entityA.persist();
@@ -187,6 +194,13 @@ public Response testImperativeRepository() {
         Assertions.assertEquals(0, testImperativeRepository.list("category = :category",
                 Parameters.with("category", null)).size());
 
+        // regex
+        TestImperativeEntity entityWithUpperCase = new TestImperativeEntity("title11", "upperCaseCategory", "desc");
+        testImperativeRepository.persist(entityWithUpperCase);
+        Assertions.assertEquals(1, testImperativeRepository.list("category like ?1", "upperCase.*").size());
+        Assertions.assertEquals(1, testImperativeRepository.list("category like ?1", "/uppercase.*/i").size());
+        testImperativeRepository.delete(entityWithUpperCase);
+
         // sort
         TestImperativeEntity entityA = new TestImperativeEntity("aaa", "aaa", "aaa");
         testImperativeRepository.persist(entityA);
@@ -374,6 +388,15 @@ public Response testReactiveEntity() {
         Assertions.assertEquals(0, TestReactiveEntity.list("category = :category",
                 Parameters.with("category", null)).await().indefinitely().size());
 
+        // regex
+        TestReactiveEntity entityWithUpperCase = new TestReactiveEntity("title11", "upperCaseCategory", "desc");
+        entityWithUpperCase.persist().await().indefinitely();
+        Assertions.assertEquals(1, TestReactiveEntity.list("category like ?1", "upperCase.*")
+                .await().indefinitely().size());
+        Assertions.assertEquals(1, TestReactiveEntity.list("category like ?1", "/uppercase.*/i")
+                .await().indefinitely().size());
+        entityWithUpperCase.delete();
+
         // sort
         TestReactiveEntity entityA = new TestReactiveEntity("aaa", "aaa", "aaa");
         entityA.persist().await().indefinitely();
@@ -495,6 +518,15 @@ public Response testReactiveRepository() {
         Assertions.assertEquals(0, testReactiveRepository.list("category = :category",
                 Parameters.with("category", null)).await().indefinitely().size());
 
+        // regex
+        TestReactiveEntity entityWithUpperCase = new TestReactiveEntity("title11", "upperCaseCategory", "desc");
+        testReactiveRepository.persist(entityWithUpperCase).await().indefinitely();
+        Assertions.assertEquals(1, testReactiveRepository.list("category like ?1", "upperCase.*")
+                .await().indefinitely().size());
+        Assertions.assertEquals(1, testReactiveRepository.list("category like ?1", "/uppercase.*/i")
+                .await().indefinitely().size());
+        testReactiveRepository.delete(entityWithUpperCase);
+
         // sort
         TestReactiveEntity entityA = new TestReactiveEntity("aaa", "aaa", "aaa");
         testReactiveRepository.persist(entityA).await().indefinitely();