diff --git a/.gitlint b/.gitlint
index 16e9bdca9aaa..f837a21c57a7 100644
--- a/.gitlint
+++ b/.gitlint
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # All these sections are optional, edit this file as you like.
 # Zephyr-specific defaults are located in scripts/gitlint/zephyr_commit_rules.py
 [general]
+regex-style-search=true
 ignore=title-trailing-punctuation, T3, title-max-length, T1, body-hard-tab, B3, B1
 # verbosity should be a value between 1 and 3, the commandline -v flags take precedence over this
 verbosity = 3