diff --git a/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/types/ExpressionUtils.java b/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/types/ExpressionUtils.java
index 8a8a10f98..27eb6d152 100644
--- a/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/types/ExpressionUtils.java
+++ b/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/types/ExpressionUtils.java
@@ -241,7 +241,15 @@ public final class ExpressionUtils {
     public static Expression<String> likeToRegex(Expression<String> expr){
         // TODO : this should take the escape character into account
         if (expr instanceof Constant<?>) {
-            return ConstantImpl.create(expr.toString().replace("%", ".*").replace("_", "."));
+            String like = expr.toString();
+            if (!like.startsWith("%") && !like.startsWith("_")) {
+                like = "^" + like;
+            }
+            if (!like.endsWith("%") && !like.endsWith("_")) {
+                like = like + "$";
+            }
+            like = like.replace("%", ".*").replace("_", ".");
+            return ConstantImpl.create(like);
         } else if (expr instanceof Operation<?>) {
             Operation<?> o = (Operation<?>)expr;
             if (o.getOperator() == Ops.CONCAT) {
diff --git a/querydsl-core/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/types/ExpressionUtilsTest.java b/querydsl-core/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/types/ExpressionUtilsTest.java
index 4c2401712..a7bd9a033 100644
--- a/querydsl-core/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/types/ExpressionUtilsTest.java
+++ b/querydsl-core/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/types/ExpressionUtilsTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ public class ExpressionUtilsTest {
     @Test
     public void LikeToRegex() {
         assertEquals(".*", regex(ConstantImpl.create("%")));
+        assertEquals("^abc.*", regex(ConstantImpl.create("abc%")));
+        assertEquals(".*abc$", regex(ConstantImpl.create("%abc")));
         assertEquals(".",  regex(ConstantImpl.create("_")));
         
         StringPath path = new StringPath("path");
diff --git a/querydsl-mongodb/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/mongodb/MongodbSerializer.java b/querydsl-mongodb/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/mongodb/MongodbSerializer.java
index a9e52bfbd..e450fae26 100644
--- a/querydsl-mongodb/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/mongodb/MongodbSerializer.java
+++ b/querydsl-mongodb/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/mongodb/MongodbSerializer.java
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ public class MongodbSerializer implements Visitor<Object, Void> {
         } else if (op == Ops.MATCHES_IC) {
             return asDBObject(asDBKey(expr, 0), Pattern.compile(asDBValue(expr, 1).toString(), Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE));
             
+        } else if (op == Ops.LIKE) {    
+            String regex = ExpressionUtils.likeToRegex((Expression)expr.getArg(1)).toString();
+            return asDBObject(asDBKey(expr, 0), Pattern.compile(regex));
+            
         } else if (op == Ops.BETWEEN) {
             BasicDBObject value = new BasicDBObject("$gte", asDBValue(expr, 1));
             value.append("$lte", asDBValue(expr, 2));
diff --git a/querydsl-mongodb/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/mongodb/MongodbQueryTest.java b/querydsl-mongodb/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/mongodb/MongodbQueryTest.java
index 5b8410a3e..cea6f902f 100644
--- a/querydsl-mongodb/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/mongodb/MongodbQueryTest.java
+++ b/querydsl-mongodb/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/mongodb/MongodbQueryTest.java
@@ -236,6 +236,14 @@ public class MongodbQueryTest {
 
         assertQuery(user.firstName.matches(".*aa.*[^i]$"), u3, u4, u1);
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void Like() {
+        assertQuery(user.firstName.like("Jaan%"), u3, u4);
+        assertQuery(user.firstName.like("jaan%"));
+        
+        assertQuery(user.lastName.like("%unen"), u2, u1);        
+    }
 
     @Test
     public void IsNotNull(){