diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/supplements/injected/consoleApi.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/supplements/injected/consoleApi.ts
index ee050302ad..e5a0613bdb 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/supplements/injected/consoleApi.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/supplements/injected/consoleApi.ts
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ function createLocator(injectedScript: InjectedScript, initial: string, options?
       this.selector = selector;
       if (options?.hasText) {
         const text = options.hasText;
-        const matcher = text instanceof RegExp ? 'text-matches' : 'has-text';
-        const source = escapeWithQuotes(text instanceof RegExp ? text.source : text, '"');
-        this.selector += ` >> :scope:${matcher}(${source})`;
+        if (text instanceof RegExp)
+          this.selector += ` >> :scope:text-matches(${escapeWithQuotes(text.source, '"')}, "${text.flags}")`;
+        else
+          this.selector += ` >> :scope:has-text(${escapeWithQuotes(text)})`;
       }
       const parsed = injectedScript.parseSelector(this.selector);
       this.element = injectedScript.querySelector(parsed, document, false);
diff --git a/tests/inspector/console-api.spec.ts b/tests/inspector/console-api.spec.ts
index 84f39a2956..73426ac7f8 100644
--- a/tests/inspector/console-api.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/inspector/console-api.spec.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ it('should support playwright.locator.value', async ({ page }) => {
 
 it('should support playwright.locator.values', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.setContent('<div>Hello<div>Bar</div></div>');
-  const length = await page.evaluate(`playwright.locator('div', { hasText: 'Hello' }).elements.length`);
-  expect(length).toBe(1);
+  expect(await page.evaluate(`playwright.locator('div', { hasText: 'Hello' }).elements.length`)).toBe(1);
+  expect(await page.evaluate(`playwright.locator('div', { hasText: 'HElLo' }).elements.length`)).toBe(1);
+  expect(await page.evaluate(`playwright.locator('div', { hasText: /ELL/ }).elements.length`)).toBe(0);
+  expect(await page.evaluate(`playwright.locator('div', { hasText: /ELL/i }).elements.length`)).toBe(1);
+  expect(await page.evaluate(`playwright.locator('div', { hasText: /Hello/ }).elements.length`)).toBe(1);
 });