diff -ur asterisk-13.7.0/res/res_sorcery_realtime.c asterisk-13.7.0a/res/res_sorcery_realtime.c
--- asterisk-13.7.0/res/res_sorcery_realtime.c	2016-01-15 14:01:49.000000000 -0500
+++ asterisk-13.7.0a/res/res_sorcery_realtime.c	2016-01-29 16:17:34.644573689 -0500
@@ -223,7 +223,11 @@
 
 	/* The realtime API provides no direct ability to do regex so for now we support a limited subset using pattern matching */
 	snprintf(field, sizeof(field), "%s LIKE", UUID_FIELD);
-	snprintf(value, sizeof(value), "%%%s%%", regex);
+	if (regex[0] == '^') {
+		snprintf(value, sizeof(value), "%s%%", regex + 1);
+	} else {
+		snprintf(value, sizeof(value), "%%%s%%", regex);
+	}
 
 	if (!(fields = ast_variable_new(field, value, ""))) {
 		return;