diff --git a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/prefix-url.test.js b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/prefix-url.test.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index f111d90ae2..0da8943f4d
--- a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/prefix-url.test.js
+++ b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/prefix-url.test.js
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@
 
 jest.mock('../site-prefix', () => `${global.location.origin}/a/site/prefix/`);
 
-import prefixUrl from './prefix-url';
+import prefixUrl, { regExEscape } from './prefix-url';
 
 const PATH_PREFIX = '/a/site/prefix';
+const IPV6_HOST_ADDRESS = '2a00:8a00:4000:751e::1c';
 
 describe('prefixUrl()', () => {
   const tests = [
@@ -37,3 +38,19 @@ describe('prefixUrl()', () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe('regExEscape()', () => {
+  const tests = [
+    { source: undefined, target: '' },
+    { source: null, target: '' },
+    { source: `${IPV6_HOST_ADDRESS}`, target: `${IPV6_HOST_ADDRESS}` },
+    { source: `[${IPV6_HOST_ADDRESS}]`, target: `\\[${IPV6_HOST_ADDRESS}\\]` },
+    { source: `[${IPV6_HOST_ADDRESS}]:8080`, target: `\\[${IPV6_HOST_ADDRESS}\\]:8080` },
+  ];
+
+  tests.forEach(({ source, target }) => {
+    it(`regexEscape "${source}" correctly`, () => {
+      expect(regExEscape(source)).toBe(target);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/prefix-url.tsx b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/prefix-url.tsx
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index c2c1d44dcd..01477afb7f
--- a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/prefix-url.tsx
+++ b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/prefix-url.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,17 @@
 
 import sitePrefix from '../site-prefix';
 
+/**
+ * Escape any RegEx characters in a given string
+ *
+ * @param  {string} value The string which needs to be escaped
+ * @return {string} Escaped RegEx string
+ */
+export function regExEscape(value?: string) {
+  const s = value == null ? '' : String(value);
+  return s.replace(/[-/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g, '\\$&');
+}
+
 const origin = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test' ? global.location.origin : window.location.origin;
 /**
  * Generate the URL prefix from `sitePrefix` and use it for all subsequent calls
@@ -24,7 +35,7 @@ const origin = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test' ? global.location.origin : window
  * - `"http://localhost:3000/abc/"` to `"/abc"`
  * - `"http://localhost:3000/abc/def/"` to `"/abc/def"`
  */
-const rx = new RegExp(`^${origin}|/$`, 'ig');
+const rx = new RegExp(`^${regExEscape(origin)}|/$`, 'ig');
 const pathPrefix = sitePrefix.replace(rx, '');
 
 /**