diff --git a/app/models/verification/residence.rb b/app/models/verification/residence.rb
index d782fbb6f..539c3ef12 100644
--- a/app/models/verification/residence.rb
+++ b/app/models/verification/residence.rb
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class Verification::Residence
         if code_or_range.include?(":")
           Range.new(*code_or_range.split(":").map(&:strip)).include?(postal_code&.strip)
         else
-          postal_code&.strip == code_or_range.strip
+          /\A#{code_or_range.strip}\Z/.match?(postal_code&.strip)
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/models/verification/residence_spec.rb b/spec/models/verification/residence_spec.rb
index a33f8aaba..e9733c7d7 100644
--- a/spec/models/verification/residence_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/verification/residence_spec.rb
@@ -126,6 +126,58 @@ describe Verification::Residence do
         expect(residence).to be_valid
       end
 
+      it "allows regular expressions" do
+        Setting["postal_codes"] = "007,[A-Za-z]{2}-[0-9]{3},86"
+
+        residence.postal_code = "007"
+        expect(residence).to be_valid
+
+        residence.postal_code = "86"
+        expect(residence).to be_valid
+
+        residence.postal_code = "AB-123"
+        expect(residence).to be_valid
+
+        residence.postal_code = "zz-789"
+        expect(residence).to be_valid
+
+        residence.postal_code = "006"
+        expect(residence).not_to be_valid
+
+        residence.postal_code = "87"
+        expect(residence).not_to be_valid
+
+        residence.postal_code = "AB-12"
+        expect(residence).not_to be_valid
+
+        residence.postal_code = "AB-1234"
+        expect(residence).not_to be_valid
+
+        residence.postal_code = "A-123"
+        expect(residence).not_to be_valid
+
+        residence.postal_code = "ABC-123"
+        expect(residence).not_to be_valid
+
+        residence.postal_code = "ABC-12"
+        expect(residence).not_to be_valid
+
+        residence.postal_code = "AB-A12"
+        expect(residence).not_to be_valid
+
+        residence.postal_code = "12A-12"
+        expect(residence).not_to be_valid
+
+        residence.postal_code = "123-12"
+        expect(residence).not_to be_valid
+
+        residence.postal_code = "ABC-A1"
+        expect(residence).not_to be_valid
+
+        residence.postal_code = "AB-123\n123"
+        expect(residence).not_to be_valid
+      end
+
       it "is not valid with postal codes not included in settings" do
         residence.postal_code = "12345"
         expect(residence).not_to be_valid