diff --git a/app/models/changeset.rb b/app/models/changeset.rb
index 9a05e6a6..41f5ed86 100644
--- a/app/models/changeset.rb
+++ b/app/models/changeset.rb
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class Changeset < ActiveRecord::Base
     if ref_keywords.delete('*')
       # find any issue ID in the comments
       target_issue_ids = []
-      comments.scan(%r{([\s\(,-^])#(\d+)(?=[[:punct:]]|\s|<|$)}).each { |m| target_issue_ids << m[1] }
+      comments.scan(%r{([\s\(,-]|^)#(\d+)(?=[[:punct:]]|\s|<|$)}).each { |m| target_issue_ids << m[1] }
       referenced_issues += repository.project.issues.find_all_by_id(target_issue_ids)
     end
     
diff --git a/test/unit/changeset_test.rb b/test/unit/changeset_test.rb
index bbfe6952..6cc53d85 100644
--- a/test/unit/changeset_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/changeset_test.rb
@@ -39,6 +39,17 @@ class ChangesetTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert fixed.closed?
     assert_equal 90, fixed.done_ratio
   end
+  
+  def test_ref_keywords_any_line_start
+    Setting.commit_ref_keywords = '*'
+
+    c = Changeset.new(:repository => Project.find(1).repository,
+                      :committed_on => Time.now,
+                      :comments => '#1 is the reason of this commit')
+    c.scan_comment_for_issue_ids
+
+    assert_equal [1], c.issue_ids.sort
+  end
 
   def test_previous
     changeset = Changeset.find_by_revision('3')