diff --git a/.config/zsh/zshrc.d/40-functions.zsh b/.config/zsh/zshrc.d/40-functions.zsh
index bea270a..e5e926b 100644
--- a/.config/zsh/zshrc.d/40-functions.zsh
+++ b/.config/zsh/zshrc.d/40-functions.zsh
@@ -492,6 +492,12 @@ psgrep() {
 	ps u | head -1
 
 	for arg; do
+		# Pass to grep directly if it looks like a regex
+		if [[ "$arg" =~ '[][$|.*?+\\()^]' ]]; then
+			ps aux | grep -E "$arg"
+			continue
+		fi
+
 		# Substitute the captured first character with itself surrounded by
 		# brackets. The `(#b)` turns on backreferences, storing the match in the
 		# array $match (in this case with only one element).