diff --git a/src/core/login/pages/email-signup/email-signup.html b/src/core/login/pages/email-signup/email-signup.html
index ef62fd8f8..2e810dc57 100644
--- a/src/core/login/pages/email-signup/email-signup.html
+++ b/src/core/login/pages/email-signup/email-signup.html
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
             </ion-item>
             <ion-item text-wrap>
                 <ion-label stacked core-mark-required="true">{{ 'core.user.emailagain' | translate }}</ion-label>
-                <ion-input type="email" name="email2" placeholder="{{ 'core.user.emailagain' | translate }}" formControlName="email2" autocapitalize="none" autocorrect="off" pattern="{{signupForm.controls.email.value}}"></ion-input>
+                <ion-input type="email" name="email2" placeholder="{{ 'core.user.emailagain' | translate }}" formControlName="email2" autocapitalize="none" autocorrect="off" [pattern]="escapeMail(signupForm.controls.email.value)"></ion-input>
                 <core-input-errors item-content [control]="signupForm.controls.email2" [errorMessages]="email2Errors"></core-input-errors>
             </ion-item>
             <ion-item *ngFor="let nameField of settings.namefields" text-wrap>
diff --git a/src/core/login/pages/email-signup/email-signup.ts b/src/core/login/pages/email-signup/email-signup.ts
index 4f14c5407..d48fdc609 100644
--- a/src/core/login/pages/email-signup/email-signup.ts
+++ b/src/core/login/pages/email-signup/email-signup.ts
@@ -283,6 +283,16 @@ export class CoreLoginEmailSignupPage {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Escape mail to avoid special characters to be treated as a RegExp.
+     *
+     * @param  {string} text Initial mail.
+     * @return {string}      Escaped mail.
+     */
+    escapeMail(text: string): string {
+        return this.textUtils.escapeForRegex(text);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Show authentication instructions.
      */