diff --git a/lib/rouge/lexers/sed.rb b/lib/rouge/lexers/sed.rb
index d6e570ba26..b3efe50df5 100644
--- a/lib/rouge/lexers/sed.rb
+++ b/lib/rouge/lexers/sed.rb
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def replacement
         end
 
         # alternate regex rage delimiters
-        rule %r((\\)(.)(\\.|.)*?(\2)) do |m|
+        rule %r((\\)(.)((?:\\.|.)*?)(\2)) do |m|
           token addr_tok, m[1] + m[2]
           delegate regex, m[3]
           token addr_tok, m[4]
diff --git a/spec/lexers/sed_spec.rb b/spec/lexers/sed_spec.rb
index 9223ffcaa7..9ae212be55 100644
--- a/spec/lexers/sed_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lexers/sed_spec.rb
@@ -19,4 +19,16 @@
       assert_guess :source => '#!/usr/bin/sed'
     end
   end
+
+  describe 'lexing' do
+    include Support::Lexing
+
+    it 'parses regex addresses with custom delimiter' do
+      assert_tokens_equal '\#foobar#n',
+        ['Keyword.Namespace', '\#'],
+        ['Literal.String.Regex', 'foobar'],
+        ['Keyword.Namespace', '#'],
+        ['Keyword', 'n']
+    end
+  end
 end