diff --git a/Common/StringUtil.cpp b/Common/StringUtil.cpp
index d3093d3c..c573749c 100644
--- a/Common/StringUtil.cpp
+++ b/Common/StringUtil.cpp
@@ -62,4 +62,17 @@ std::wstring Widen(const char* str, int strLen, int cp)
 	return wideStr;
 }
 
+/*
+** Escapes reserved PCRE regex metacharacters.
+*/
+void EscapeRegExp(std::wstring& str)
+{
+	size_t start = 0;
+	while ((start = str.find_first_of(L"\\^$|()[{.+*?", start)) != std::wstring::npos)
+	{
+		str.insert(start, L"\\");
+		start += 2;
+	}
+}
+
 }  // namespace StringUtil
diff --git a/Common/StringUtil.h b/Common/StringUtil.h
index 87c76712..764063d0 100644
--- a/Common/StringUtil.h
+++ b/Common/StringUtil.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ inline std::wstring Widen(const std::string& str, int cp = CP_ACP) { return Wide
 inline std::wstring WidenUTF8(const char* str, int strLen = -1) { return Widen(str, strLen, CP_UTF8); }
 inline std::wstring WidenUTF8(const std::string& str) { return Widen(str.c_str(), (int)str.length(), CP_UTF8); }
 
+void EscapeRegExp(std::wstring& str);
+
 }  // namespace StringUtil
 
 #endif
diff --git a/Common/StringUtil_Test.cpp b/Common/StringUtil_Test.cpp
index 5e7d23e9..835b839c 100644
--- a/Common/StringUtil_Test.cpp
+++ b/Common/StringUtil_Test.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ public:
 		Assert::AreEqual("\xd0\xa2\xc4\x94st", NarrowUTF8(L"\u0422\u0114st").c_str());
 		Assert::AreEqual("\xd0\xa2", NarrowUTF8(L"\u0422\u0114st", 1).c_str());
 	}
+
+	TEST_METHOD(TestEscapeRegExp)
+	{
+		std::wstring str = L"\\^$|(test)[{. ing+*?";
+		EscapeRegExp(str);
+		Assert::AreEqual(L"\\\\\\^\\$\\|\\(test\\)\\[\\{\\. ing\\+\\*\\?", str.c_str());
+	}
 };
 
 }  // namespace StringUtil
diff --git a/Library/ConfigParser.cpp b/Library/ConfigParser.cpp
index 834a375f..961f62d5 100644
--- a/Library/ConfigParser.cpp
+++ b/Library/ConfigParser.cpp
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ bool ConfigParser::GetSectionVariable(std::wstring& strVariable, std::wstring& s
 		if (valueType == ValueType::EscapeRegExp)
 		{
 			strValue = measure->GetStringValue();
-			EscapeRegExp(strValue);
+			StringUtil::EscapeRegExp(strValue);
 			return true;
 		}
 
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ bool ConfigParser::GetSectionVariable(std::wstring& strVariable, std::wstring& s
 
 		if (*selectorSz == L'%')  // Percentual
 		{
-			if (valueType == ValueType::Max || valueType == ValueType::Min) 
+			if (valueType == ValueType::Max || valueType == ValueType::Min)
 			{
 				// '%' cannot be used with Max/Min values.
 				return false;
@@ -379,20 +379,6 @@ bool ConfigParser::GetSectionVariable(std::wstring& strVariable, std::wstring& s
 	return false;
 }
 
-/*
-** Escapes reserved PCRE regex metacharacters.
-**
-*/
-void ConfigParser::EscapeRegExp(std::wstring& str)
-{
-	size_t start = 0;
-	while ((start = str.find_first_of(L"\\^$|()[{.+*?", start)) != std::wstring::npos)
-	{
-		str.insert(start, L"\\");
-		start += 2;
-	}
-}
-
 void ConfigParser::ResetMonitorVariables(MeterWindow* meterWindow)
 {
 	// Set the SCREENAREA/WORKAREA variables
diff --git a/Library/ConfigParser.h b/Library/ConfigParser.h
index 27ecb41b..d8c6d54a 100644
--- a/Library/ConfigParser.h
+++ b/Library/ConfigParser.h
@@ -110,8 +110,6 @@ private:
 
 	bool GetSectionVariable(std::wstring& strVariable, std::wstring& strValue);
 
-	void EscapeRegExp(std::wstring& str);
-
 	static void SetVariable(std::unordered_map<std::wstring, std::wstring>& variables, const std::wstring& strVariable, const std::wstring& strValue);
 	static void SetVariable(std::unordered_map<std::wstring, std::wstring>& variables, const WCHAR* strVariable, const WCHAR* strValue);