diff --git a/pkg/labels/matcher_test.go b/pkg/labels/matcher_test.go
index dfedf8d8..8469f075 100644
--- a/pkg/labels/matcher_test.go
+++ b/pkg/labels/matcher_test.go
@@ -79,6 +79,41 @@ func TestMatcher(t *testing.T) {
 			value:   "foo-bar",
 			match:   false,
 		},
+		{
+			matcher: mustNewMatcher(t, MatchRegexp, `foo.bar`),
+			value:   "foo-bar",
+			match:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			matcher: mustNewMatcher(t, MatchRegexp, `foo\.bar`),
+			value:   "foo-bar",
+			match:   false,
+		},
+		{
+			matcher: mustNewMatcher(t, MatchRegexp, `foo\.bar`),
+			value:   "foo.bar",
+			match:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			matcher: mustNewMatcher(t, MatchEqual, "foo\nbar"),
+			value:   "foo\nbar",
+			match:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			matcher: mustNewMatcher(t, MatchRegexp, "foo.bar"),
+			value:   "foo\nbar",
+			match:   false,
+		},
+		{
+			matcher: mustNewMatcher(t, MatchRegexp, "(?s)foo.bar"),
+			value:   "foo\nbar",
+			match:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			matcher: mustNewMatcher(t, MatchEqual, "~!=\""),
+			value:   "~!=\"",
+			match:   true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
diff --git a/pkg/labels/parse_test.go b/pkg/labels/parse_test.go
index b4b6b02c..7adca325 100644
--- a/pkg/labels/parse_test.go
+++ b/pkg/labels/parse_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func TestMatchers(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		input string
 		want  []*Matcher
-		err   error
+		err   string
 	}{
 		{
 			input: `{foo="bar"}`,
@@ -130,11 +130,88 @@ func TestMatchers(t *testing.T) {
 				return append(ms, m, m2)
 			}(),
 		},
+		{
+			input: `{foo = "bar", dings != "bums", }`,
+			want: func() []*Matcher {
+				ms := []*Matcher{}
+				m, _ := NewMatcher(MatchEqual, "foo", "bar")
+				m2, _ := NewMatcher(MatchNotEqual, "dings", "bums")
+				return append(ms, m, m2)
+			}(),
+		},
+		{
+			input: `foo=bar,dings!=bums`,
+			want: func() []*Matcher {
+				ms := []*Matcher{}
+				m, _ := NewMatcher(MatchEqual, "foo", "bar")
+				m2, _ := NewMatcher(MatchNotEqual, "dings", "bums")
+				return append(ms, m, m2)
+			}(),
+		},
+		{
+			input: `{quote="She said: \"Hi, ladies! That's gender-neutral…\""}`,
+			want: func() []*Matcher {
+				ms := []*Matcher{}
+				m, _ := NewMatcher(MatchEqual, "quote", `She said: "Hi, ladies! That's gender-neutral…"`)
+				return append(ms, m)
+			}(),
+		},
+		{
+			input: `statuscode=~"5.."`,
+			want: func() []*Matcher {
+				ms := []*Matcher{}
+				m, _ := NewMatcher(MatchRegexp, "statuscode", "5..")
+				return append(ms, m)
+			}(),
+		},
+		{
+			input: `tricky=~~~`,
+			want: func() []*Matcher {
+				ms := []*Matcher{}
+				m, _ := NewMatcher(MatchRegexp, "tricky", "~~")
+				return append(ms, m)
+			}(),
+		},
+		{
+			input: `trickier==\\=\=\""`,
+			want: func() []*Matcher {
+				ms := []*Matcher{}
+				m, _ := NewMatcher(MatchEqual, "trickier", `=\=\="`)
+				return append(ms, m)
+			}(),
+		},
+		{
+			input: `contains_quote != "\"" , contains_comma !~ "foo,bar" , `,
+			want: func() []*Matcher {
+				ms := []*Matcher{}
+				m, _ := NewMatcher(MatchNotEqual, "contains_quote", `"`)
+				m2, _ := NewMatcher(MatchNotRegexp, "contains_comma", "foo,bar")
+				return append(ms, m, m2)
+			}(),
+		},
+		{
+			input: `contains_unescaped_quote = foo"bar`,
+			err:   `matcher value contains unescaped double quote: foo"bar`,
+		},
+		{
+			input: `{invalid-name = "valid label"}`,
+			err:   `bad matcher format: invalid-name = "valid label"`,
+		},
+		{
+			input: `{foo=~"invalid[regexp"}`,
+			err:   "error parsing regexp: missing closing ]: `[regexp)$`",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for i, tc := range testCases {
 		got, err := ParseMatchers(tc.input)
-		if tc.err != err {
+		if err != nil && tc.err == "" {
+			t.Fatalf("got error where none expected (i=%d): %v", i, err)
+		}
+		if err == nil && tc.err != "" {
+			t.Fatalf("expected error but got none (i=%d): %v", i, tc.err)
+		}
+		if err != nil && err.Error() != tc.err {
 			t.Fatalf("error not equal (i=%d):\ngot  %v\nwant %v", i, err, tc.err)
 		}
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tc.want) {