diff --git a/include/boost/regex/v4/basic_regex_parser.hpp b/include/boost/regex/v4/basic_regex_parser.hpp
index 4dacfc6f..0192a9f1 100644
--- a/include/boost/regex/v4/basic_regex_parser.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/regex/v4/basic_regex_parser.hpp
@@ -2711,6 +2711,8 @@ regex_constants::syntax_option_type basic_regex_parser<charT, traits>::parse_opt
       }
    }
    while(!breakout);
+   
+   breakout = false;
 
    if(*m_position == static_cast<charT>('-'))
    {
diff --git a/test/regress/test_perl_ex.cpp b/test/regress/test_perl_ex.cpp
index f96be261..3307d314 100644
--- a/test/regress/test_perl_ex.cpp
+++ b/test/regress/test_perl_ex.cpp
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ void test_options2()
    TEST_REGEX_SEARCH("(?s).", perl, "\n", match_default|match_not_dot_newline, make_array(0, 1, -2, -2));
    TEST_REGEX_SEARCH("(?-s).", perl, "\n", match_default, make_array(-2, -2));
    TEST_REGEX_SEARCH("(?-s).", perl, "\n", match_default|match_not_dot_newline, make_array(-2, -2));
+   TEST_REGEX_SEARCH("(?-xism)d", perl, "d", match_default, make_array(0, 1, -2, -2));
    test_options3();
 }