diff --git a/src/ex_getln.c b/src/ex_getln.c
index ba8fde65e9497..11de136bf78c5 100644
--- a/src/ex_getln.c
+++ b/src/ex_getln.c
@@ -1492,7 +1492,7 @@ getcmdline(
 			    if (c != NUL)
 			    {
 				if (c == firstc || vim_strchr((char_u *)(
-					      p_magic ? "\\^$.*[" : "\\^$"), c)
+					      p_magic ? "\\~^$.*[" : "\\^$"), c)
 								       != NULL)
 				{
 				    /* put a backslash before special
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_search.vim b/src/testdir/test_search.vim
index 730e683911406..18a4577b7f7fb 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_search.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_search.vim
@@ -302,3 +302,23 @@ func Test_searchc()
   exe "norm 0t\u93cf"
   bw!
 endfunc
+
+func Test_search_cmdline3()
+  if !exists('+incsearch')
+    return
+  endif
+  " need to disable char_avail,
+  " so that expansion of commandline works
+  call test_override("char_avail", 1)
+  new
+  call setline(1, ['  1', '  2 the~e', '  3 the theother'])
+  set incsearch
+  1
+  " first match
+  call feedkeys("/the\<c-l>\<cr>", 'tx')
+  call assert_equal('  2 the~e', getline('.'))
+  " clean up
+  set noincsearch
+  call test_override("char_avail", 0)
+  bw!
+endfunc
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 7bf3f4e9c68f2..64f035dbd9bda 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -764,6 +764,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    689,
 /**/
     688,
 /**/