diff --git a/common/Scripts/helpers.sh b/common/Scripts/helpers.sh
index d8bdb7b1cb12..805ca8c61731 100755
--- a/common/Scripts/helpers.sh
+++ b/common/Scripts/helpers.sh
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ function localrepo_reindex() {
 
 # What provides a lib
 function whatprovides() {
-    grep "$1" "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"/packages/*/*/abi_libs
+    grep -E "$1" "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"/packages/*/*/abi_libs
 }
 
 # What uses a lib
 function whatuses() {
-    grep "$1" "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"/packages/*/*/abi_used_libs
+    grep -E "$1" "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"/packages/*/*/abi_used_libs
 }
 
 function quickfixup() {