diff --git a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xpath/MatchesFunction.java b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xpath/MatchesFunction.java
index b9338a2f79..99a0802d9d 100644
--- a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xpath/MatchesFunction.java
+++ b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xpath/MatchesFunction.java
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
  */
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xpath;
 
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.xpath.Attribute;
 
 import org.jaxen.Context;
@@ -11,10 +15,6 @@ import org.jaxen.FunctionCallException;
 import org.jaxen.SimpleFunctionContext;
 import org.jaxen.XPathFunctionContext;
 
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
-import java.util.regex.Matcher;
-
 // FIXME Can this function be extended to work on non-AST attributes?
 public class MatchesFunction implements Function {
 
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ public class MatchesFunction implements Function {
         List attributes = (List) args.get(0);
         Attribute attr = (Attribute) attributes.get(0);
 
-        Pattern check = Pattern.compile((String) args.get(1));
-        Matcher matcher = check.matcher(attr.getValue());
-        if (matcher.find()) {
-            return context.getNodeSet();
+        for(int i = 1; i < args.size(); i++) {
+            Pattern check = Pattern.compile((String) args.get(i));
+            Matcher matcher = check.matcher(attr.getValue());
+            if (matcher.find()) {
+                return context.getNodeSet();
+            }
         }
         return Boolean.FALSE;
     }