diff --git a/pkgs/racket-test-core/tests/racket/rx.rktl b/pkgs/racket-test-core/tests/racket/rx.rktl
index 996cf00413..ee9e79c024 100644
--- a/pkgs/racket-test-core/tests/racket/rx.rktl
+++ b/pkgs/racket-test-core/tests/racket/rx.rktl
@@ -1800,6 +1800,20 @@
 
 (err/rt-test (regexp "+" #f) (lambda (exn) (regexp-match? "`[+]' follows nothing in pattern" (exn-message exn))))
 
+;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;; Make sure that negated patterns as literal strings are not recorded
+;; as "must include this literal string" requirements
+
+(test '("aaa") regexp-match #rx"a*(?!b)" "aaaxy")
+(test '("aaa") regexp-match #rx"a*(?<!b)" "aaaxy")
+
+;; Make sure "must match" strings are preserved for non-negated
+;; lookahead and lookbehind; the following examples take
+;; quadratic time without the "must match" optimization,
+;; and return return away with #f for with the optimization
+(test #f 'optimized (regexp-match #px"a*(?=bc)" (make-bytes 100024 (char->integer #\a))))
+(test #f 'optimized (regexp-match #px"a*(?<=bc)" (make-bytes 100024 (char->integer #\a))))
+
 ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 
 (report-errs)
diff --git a/racket/src/racket/src/regexp.c b/racket/src/racket/src/regexp.c
index 8354e3f10f..c5be06ac53 100644
--- a/racket/src/racket/src/regexp.c
+++ b/racket/src/racket/src/regexp.c
@@ -281,12 +281,16 @@ regcomp(char *expstr, rxpos exp, int explen, int pcre, Scheme_Object *handler)
       longest = 0;
       longest_is_ci = 0;
       len = 0;
-      for (; scan != 0; scan = regnext(scan)) {
+      for (; scan != 0; ) {
         int mscan = scan;
         while (1) {
           int mop;
           mop = rOP(mscan);
-          if (((mop == EXACTLY) || (mop == EXACTLY_CI))
+          if ((mop == LOOKF) || (mop == LOOKBF)) {
+            /* skip over part that we don't want to match */
+            mscan = mscan + rOPLEN(OPERAND(mscan));
+            mscan = NEXT_OP(mscan);
+          } else if (((mop == EXACTLY) || (mop == EXACTLY_CI))
               && rOPLEN(OPERAND(mscan)) >= len) {
             /* Skip regmust if it contains a null character: */
             rxpos ls = OPSTR(OPERAND(mscan));
@@ -321,6 +325,13 @@ regcomp(char *expstr, rxpos exp, int explen, int pcre, Scheme_Object *handler)
             break;
         }
         prev_op = rOP(scan);
+        if ((prev_op == LOOKF) || (prev_op == LOOKBF)) {
+          /* skip over part that we don't want to match */
+          scan = scan + rOPLEN(OPERAND(scan));
+          scan = NEXT_OP(scan);
+        } else {
+          scan = regnext(scan);
+        }
       }
       if (longest) {
 	r->regmust = longest;