diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/search/impl/querymodel/impl/lucene/LuceneQueryBuilderContext.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/search/impl/querymodel/impl/lucene/LuceneQueryBuilderContext.java
index 942ff6da7d..c76f7043a2 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/search/impl/querymodel/impl/lucene/LuceneQueryBuilderContext.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/search/impl/querymodel/impl/lucene/LuceneQueryBuilderContext.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public class LuceneQueryBuilderContext
         lqp.setSearchParameters(searchParameters);
         lqp.setLuceneConfig(config);
         lqp.setIndexReader(indexReader);
+        lqp.setAllowLeadingWildcard(true);
         this.namespacePrefixResolver = namespacePrefixResolver;
     }