diff --git a/lisp/org-latex.el b/lisp/org-latex.el
index 7a3c629cd..9be842b51 100644
--- a/lisp/org-latex.el
+++ b/lisp/org-latex.el
@@ -2345,7 +2345,7 @@ The conversion is made depending of STRING-BEFORE and STRING-AFTER."
   ;; Protect LaTeX commands like \command[...]{...} or \command{...}
   (goto-char (point-min))
   (let ((re (concat
-	     "\\\\\\([a-zA-Z]+\\)"
+	     "\\\\\\([a-zA-Z]+\\*?\\)"
 	     "\\(?:<[^<>\n]*>\\)*"
 	     "\\(?:\\[[^][\n]*?\\]\\)*"
 	     "\\(?:<[^<>\n]*>\\)*"