diff --git a/sgrep b/sgrep
index a5e8be2..739bd6c 100755
--- a/sgrep
+++ b/sgrep
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-grep --binary-files=without-match \
+grep -E --binary-files=without-match \
     --exclude-dir=CVS \
     --exclude-dir=.svn \
     --exclude-dir=.hg \