diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 97be1fb3..05e61048 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 - #2663 allow to directly output json when logging (via log_type for JSON and --log-type via CLI)
 - #2675 fix path when installing language module like typescript
 - #2674 increase restart timeout for systemd startup
+- #2564 allow to operate process (restart/reload/stop/delete) with regex
 
 ## 2.3.0
 
diff --git a/lib/API.js b/lib/API.js
index 91794fec..6a927ef3 100644
--- a/lib/API.js
+++ b/lib/API.js
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ API.prototype._operate = function(action_name, process_name, envs, cb) {
   }
   // operate using regex
   else if (isNaN(process_name) && process_name[0] === '/' && process_name[process_name.length - 1] === '/') {
-    var regex = new RegExp(process_name);
+    var regex = new RegExp(process_name.replace(/\//g, ''));
     
     that.Client.executeRemote('getMonitorData', {}, function(err, list) {
       if (err) {
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ API.prototype._operate = function(action_name, process_name, envs, cb) {
           found_proc.push(proc.pm_id);
         }
       });
-      
+
       if (found_proc.length === 0) {
         Common.printError(conf.PREFIX_MSG_WARNING + 'No process found');
         return cb ? cb(new Error('process name not found')) : that.exitCli(conf.ERROR_EXIT);
diff --git a/test/bash/operate-regex.sh b/test/bash/operate-regex.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..86e59fa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bash/operate-regex.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+SRC=$(cd $(dirname "$0"); pwd)
+source "${SRC}/include.sh"
+
+cd $file_path
+
+$pm2 start echo.js --name "echo-3"
+$pm2 start echo.js --name "echo-1"
+$pm2 start echo.js --name "echo-2"
+
+sleep 0.5
+
+should 'should have started 3 apps' 'online' 3
+
+$pm2 stop /echo-[1,2]/
+
+should 'should have stopped 2 apps' 'stopped' 2
+should 'only one app should still be online' 'online' 1
+
+$pm2 stop /echo-3/
+should 'should have stopped 1 apps' 'online' 0
+
+$pm2 restart /echo-[1,2]/
+
+should 'should have restarted 2 apps' 'online' 2
+
diff --git a/test/pm2_behavior_tests.sh b/test/pm2_behavior_tests.sh
index 9a59e530..418bf3bf 100644
--- a/test/pm2_behavior_tests.sh
+++ b/test/pm2_behavior_tests.sh
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ bash ./test/bash/log-null.sh
 spec "Logging path set to null"
 bash ./test/bash/log-json.sh
 spec "Logging directly to file in json"
+bash ./test/bash/operate-regex.sh
+spec "Operate process that match regex"
 
 # Issues related
 bash ./test/bash/issues/2337.sh