diff --git a/dnsfilter/dnsfilter_test.go b/dnsfilter/dnsfilter_test.go
index f186ecce..39b33a44 100644
--- a/dnsfilter/dnsfilter_test.go
+++ b/dnsfilter/dnsfilter_test.go
@@ -474,6 +474,15 @@ func TestDnsFilterWhitelist(t *testing.T) {
 	d.checkMatch(t, "example.org")
 	d.checkMatchEmpty(t, "test.example.org")
 	d.checkMatchEmpty(t, "test.test.example.org")
+
+	d.checkAddRule(t, "||googleadapis.l.google.com^|")
+	d.checkMatch(t, "googleadapis.l.google.com")
+	d.checkMatch(t, "test.googleadapis.l.google.com")
+
+	d.checkAddRule(t, "@@||googleadapis.l.google.com|")
+	d.checkMatchEmpty(t, "googleadapis.l.google.com")
+	d.checkMatchEmpty(t, "test.googleadapis.l.google.com")
+
 }
 
 func TestDnsFilterImportant(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/dnsfilter/rule_to_regexp.go b/dnsfilter/rule_to_regexp.go
index 79c0320d..41d55e30 100644
--- a/dnsfilter/rule_to_regexp.go
+++ b/dnsfilter/rule_to_regexp.go
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ func getSuffix(rule string) (bool, string) {
 	// last char was checked, eat it
 	rule = rule[:len(rule)-1]
 
+	// it might also end with ^|
+	if rule[len(rule)-1] == '^' {
+		rule = rule[:len(rule)-1]
+	}
+
 	// check that it doesn't have any special characters inside
 	for _, r := range rule {
 		switch r {