diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/IllegalImportCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/IllegalImportCheck.java
index d7785b82b6d..45595c35202 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/IllegalImportCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/IllegalImportCheck.java
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public final void setIllegalPkgs(String... from) {
         illegalPkgs = from.clone();
         illegalPkgsRegexps.clear();
         for (String illegalPkg : illegalPkgs) {
-            illegalPkgsRegexps.add(CommonUtil.createPattern("^" + illegalPkg + "\\..*"));
+            illegalPkgsRegexps.add(CommonUtil.createPattern(illegalPkg + "\\..*"));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/IllegalImportCheckTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/IllegalImportCheckTest.java
index f4f1779f1a4..635375c70b1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/IllegalImportCheckTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/IllegalImportCheckTest.java
@@ -157,4 +157,25 @@ public void testIllegalPackagesAndClassesRegularExpression()
                 getPath("InputIllegalImportDefault7.java"), expected);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testIllegalPackagesAndClassesRegularExpression2()
+            throws Exception {
+
+        final String[] expected = {
+            "15:1: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.util.List"),
+            "16:1: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.util.List"),
+            "19:1: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.util.Enumeration"),
+            "20:1: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.util.Arrays"),
+            "33:1: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.awt.Component"),
+            "34:1: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.awt.Graphics2D"),
+            "35:1: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.awt.HeadlessException"),
+            "36:1: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.awt.Label"),
+            "37:1: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.util.Date"),
+            "38:1: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.util.Calendar"),
+            "39:1: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.util.BitSet"),
+        };
+        verifyWithInlineConfigParser(
+                getPath("InputIllegalImportDefault7.java"), expected);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/illegalimport/InputIllegalImportDefault8.java b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/illegalimport/InputIllegalImportDefault8.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..09e5fbbc395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/illegalimport/InputIllegalImportDefault8.java
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*
+IllegalImport
+illegalPkgs = java\\.util
+illegalClasses = ^java\\.awt\\..*
+regexp = true
+
+
+*/
+
+package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.imports.illegalimport;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.lang.*;
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import static java.util.List.copyOf; // violation
+import java.util.List; // violation
+import java.lang.ArithmeticException;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.*;
+import java.util.Enumeration; // violation
+import java.util.Arrays; // violation
+
+import javax.swing.JToolBar;
+import javax.swing.JToggleButton;
+import javax.swing.ScrollPaneLayout;
+import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
+import static java.io.File.listRoots;
+
+import static javax.swing.WindowConstants.*;
+import static javax.swing.WindowConstants.*;
+import static java.io.File.createTempFile;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.*;
+
+import java.awt.Component; // violation
+import static java.awt.Label.ABORT; // violation
+import java.awt.HeadlessException; // violation
+import java.awt.Label; // violation
+import java.util.Date; // violation
+import java.util.Calendar; // violation
+import java.util.BitSet; // violation
+
+class InputIllegalImportDefault8
+{
+    /** ignore **/
+    private Class mUse1 = Connection.class;
+    /** ignore **/
+    private Class mUse2 = java.io.File.class;
+    /** ignore **/
+    private Class mUse3 = null;
+    /** ignore **/
+    private Class mUse4 = java.util.Enumeration[].class;
+    /** usage of illegal import **/
+    private String ftpClient = null;
+
+    /** usage via static method, both normal and fully qualified */
+    {
+        int[] x = {};
+        Arrays.sort(x);
+        Object obj = javax.swing.BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder();
+        File[] files = listRoots();
+    }
+
+    /** usage of inner class as type */
+    private JToolBar.Separator mSep = null;
+
+    /** usage of inner class in Constructor */
+    private Object mUse5 = new Object();
+
+    /** usage of inner class in constructor, fully qualified */
+    private Object mUse6 = new javax.swing.JToggleButton.ToggleButtonModel();
+
+    /** we use class name as member's name.
+     *  also an inline JavaDoc-only import {@link Vector linkText} */
+    private int Component;
+
+    /**
+     * method comment with JavaDoc-only import {@link BitSet#aMethod()}
+     */
+    public void Label() {}
+
+    /**
+     * Renders to a {@linkplain Graphics2D graphics context}.
+     * @throws HeadlessException if no graphis environment can be found.
+     * @exception HeadlessException if no graphis environment can be found.
+     */
+    public void render() {}
+
+    /**
+     * First is a class with a method with arguments {@link TestClass1#method1(TestClass2)}.
+     * Next is a class with typed method {@link TestClass3#method2(TestClass4, TestClass5)}.
+     *
+     * @param param1 with a link {@link TestClass6}
+     * @throws TestClass7 when broken
+     * @deprecated in 1 for removal in 2. Use {@link TestClass8}
+     */
+    @Deprecated
+    public void aMethodWithManyLinks() {}
+}