diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index 27b4951..0ed7daf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Jun 22 21:05:15 CEST 2016
+pkg/slackpkg+-1.7.0d0-noarch-3mt.txz: Rebuilt
+  - slackpkg search did not honor the '+' symbol (thanks to yars)
++-------------------------+
+
 Wed Jun 22 00:01:56 CEST 2016
 pkg/slackpkg+-1.7.0d0-noarch-2mt.txz: Rebuilt
   - slackpkg check-updates did not work unless you set VERBOSE=3 (thanks to
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog.txt b/src/ChangeLog.txt
index 27b4951..0ed7daf 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/src/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Jun 22 21:05:15 CEST 2016
+pkg/slackpkg+-1.7.0d0-noarch-3mt.txz: Rebuilt
+  - slackpkg search did not honor the '+' symbol (thanks to yars)
++-------------------------+
+
 Wed Jun 22 00:01:56 CEST 2016
 pkg/slackpkg+-1.7.0d0-noarch-2mt.txz: Rebuilt
   - slackpkg check-updates did not work unless you set VERBOSE=3 (thanks to
diff --git a/src/slackpkgplus.sh b/src/slackpkgplus.sh
index 9246a7f..c0e945e 100755
--- a/src/slackpkgplus.sh
+++ b/src/slackpkgplus.sh
@@ -1056,17 +1056,17 @@ if [ "$SLACKPKGPLUS" = "on" ];then
       while read PKGDIR PKGBASENAME PKGVER PKGARCH PKGBUILD PKGFULLNAME PKGPATH PKGEXT ; do
 
         # does nothing when the package has been handled ...
-        grep -E ${GREPOPTS} -q "^repo:${PKGDIR}:bname:${PKGBASENAME}:ver:${PKGVER}:fname:${PKGFULLNAME}:" $PKGLIST && continue
+        grep ${GREPOPTS} -q "^repo:${PKGDIR}:bname:${PKGBASENAME}:ver:${PKGVER}:fname:${PKGFULLNAME}:" $PKGLIST && continue
 
         # When a package P' with the same basename has been handled before the current package, this means
         # the package P' has precedence over P.
 
-        if grep -E ${GREPOPTS} -q ":bname:${PKGBASENAME}:" $PKGLIST ; then
+        if grep ${GREPOPTS} -q ":bname:${PKGBASENAME}:" $PKGLIST ; then
 
            # if the current package P is installed, this means the previous P' will be
            # proposed as an upgrade to P. In this case, the loop must continue without
            # any other action...
-          grep -E ${GREPOPTS} -q " $PKGFULLNAME " ${TMPDIR}/tmplist && continue
+          grep ${GREPOPTS} -q " $PKGFULLNAME " ${TMPDIR}/tmplist && continue
 
             # The current package P is not installed. In this case P must be shown as
             # being uninstalled and masked.