diff --git a/Tests/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
index af1df2236..654538e5d 100644
--- a/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ MACRO(ADD_TEST_MACRO NAME COMMAND)
   LIST(APPEND TEST_BUILD_DIRS "${CMake_BINARY_DIR}/Tests/${dir}")
 ENDMACRO(ADD_TEST_MACRO)
 
+MACRO(REGEX_ESCAPE_STRING _OUT _IN)
+    # Escape special regex metacharacters with a backslash
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "([$^.[|*+?()]|])" "\\\\\\1" ${_OUT} "${_IN}")
+ENDMACRO(REGEX_ESCAPE_STRING _OUT _IN)
+
 INCLUDE(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/CheckFortran.cmake)
 
 # Fake a user home directory to avoid polluting the real one.
@@ -1646,9 +1651,10 @@ ${CMake_BINARY_DIR}/bin/cmake -DVERSION=master -P ${CMake_SOURCE_DIR}/Utilities/
     -S "${CMake_BINARY_DIR}/Tests/CTestTestConfigFileInBuildDir1/test1.cmake" -V
     --output-log "${CMake_BINARY_DIR}/Tests/CTestTestConfigFileInBuildDir1/testOut1.log"
     )
+  REGEX_ESCAPE_STRING(CTEST_TEST_ESCAPED_SOURCE_DIR "${CMake_SOURCE_DIR}")
   SET_TESTS_PROPERTIES(CTestTestConfigFileInBuildDir1 PROPERTIES DEPENDS CTestTestNoBuild
     PASS_REGULAR_EXPRESSION
-      "Reading ctest configuration file: ${CMake_SOURCE_DIR}.Tests.CTestTestConfigFileInBuildDir.CTestConfig.cmake")
+      "Reading ctest configuration file: ${CTEST_TEST_ESCAPED_SOURCE_DIR}.Tests.CTestTestConfigFileInBuildDir.CTestConfig.cmake")
 
   CONFIGURE_FILE(
     "${CMake_SOURCE_DIR}/Tests/CTestTestConfigFileInBuildDir/test2.cmake.in"
@@ -1662,10 +1668,11 @@ ${CMake_BINARY_DIR}/bin/cmake -DVERSION=master -P ${CMake_SOURCE_DIR}/Utilities/
     -S "${CMake_BINARY_DIR}/Tests/CTestTestConfigFileInBuildDir2/test2.cmake" -V
     --output-log "${CMake_BINARY_DIR}/Tests/CTestTestConfigFileInBuildDir2/testOut2.log"
     )
+  REGEX_ESCAPE_STRING(CTEST_TEST_ESCAPED_BINARY_DIR "${CMake_BINARY_DIR}")
   SET_TESTS_PROPERTIES(CTestTestConfigFileInBuildDir2 PROPERTIES DEPENDS CTestTestNoBuild
     REQUIRED_FILES ${CMake_BINARY_DIR}/Tests/CTestTestConfigFileInBuildDir2/CTestConfig.cmake
     PASS_REGULAR_EXPRESSION
-      "Reading ctest configuration file: ${CMake_BINARY_DIR}.Tests.CTestTestConfigFileInBuildDir2.CTestConfig.cmake")
+      "Reading ctest configuration file: ${CTEST_TEST_ESCAPED_BINARY_DIR}.Tests.CTestTestConfigFileInBuildDir2.CTestConfig.cmake")
 
   # Use macro, not function so that build can still be driven by CMake 2.4.
   # After 2.6 is required, this could be a function without the extra 'set'