diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 54102cdcd..52aa978ea 100755
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-03-24  Carsten Dominik  <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
+
+	* org-latex.el (org-export-latex-special-chars): Allow a
+	parenthesis before an exponent or subscript.
+
 2010-03-23  Dan Davison  <davison@stats.ox.ac.uk>
 
 	* org-src.el (org-edit-src-exit): When returning from code edit
diff --git a/lisp/org-latex.el b/lisp/org-latex.el
index 582a58dce..dc9c12eba 100644
--- a/lisp/org-latex.el
+++ b/lisp/org-latex.el
@@ -1431,7 +1431,7 @@ See the `org-export-latex.el' code for a complete conversion table."
 		       (backward-char 1)))))))
 	'(;"^\\([^\n$]*?\\|^\\)\\(\\\\?\\$\\)\\([^\n$]*\\)$"
 	  "\\(\\(\\\\?\\$\\)\\)"
-	  "\\([a-za-z0-9]+\\|[ \t\n]\\|\\b\\|\\\\\\)\\(_\\|\\^\\)\\({[^{}]+}\\|[a-za-z0-9]+\\|[ \t\n]\\|[:punct:]\\|)\\|{[a-za-z0-9]+}\\|([a-za-z0-9]+)\\)"
+	  "\\([a-za-z0-9()]+\\|[ \t\n]\\|\\b\\|\\\\\\)\\(_\\|\\^\\)\\({[^{}]+}\\|[a-za-z0-9]+\\|[ \t\n]\\|[:punct:]\\|)\\|{[a-za-z0-9]+}\\|([a-za-z0-9]+)\\)"
 	  "\\(.\\|^\\)\\(\\\\\\)\\([ \t\n]\\|[a-zA-Z&#%{}\"]+\\)"
 	  "\\(.\\|^\\)\\(&\\)"
 	  "\\(.\\|^\\)\\(#\\)"