diff --git a/pkg/util/util.go b/pkg/util/util.go
index 69aaccfc3a1..1dab69b9997 100644
--- a/pkg/util/util.go
+++ b/pkg/util/util.go
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func StringDiff(a, b string) string {
 }
 
 // Takes a list of strings and compiles them into a list of regular expressions
-func CompileRegexps(regexpStrings StringList) ([]*regexp.Regexp, error) {
+func CompileRegexps(regexpStrings []string) ([]*regexp.Regexp, error) {
 	regexps := []*regexp.Regexp{}
 	for _, regexpStr := range regexpStrings {
 		r, err := regexp.Compile(regexpStr)
diff --git a/pkg/util/util_test.go b/pkg/util/util_test.go
index 7682492cdd4..8b181ccf31b 100644
--- a/pkg/util/util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/util_test.go
@@ -206,3 +206,28 @@ func TestStringDiff(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("diff returned %v", diff)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCompileRegex(t *testing.T) {
+	uncompiledRegexes := []string{"endsWithMe$", "^startingWithMe"}
+	regexes, err := CompileRegexps(uncompiledRegexes)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to compile legal regexes: '%v': %v", uncompiledRegexes, err)
+	}
+	if len(regexes) != len(uncompiledRegexes) {
+		t.Errorf("Wrong number of regexes returned: '%v': %v", uncompiledRegexes, regexes)
+	}
+
+	if !regexes[0].MatchString("Something that endsWithMe") {
+		t.Errorf("Wrong regex returned: '%v': %v", uncompiledRegexes[0], regexes[0])
+	}
+	if regexes[0].MatchString("Something that doesn't endsWithMe.") {
+		t.Errorf("Wrong regex returned: '%v': %v", uncompiledRegexes[0], regexes[0])
+	}
+	if !regexes[1].MatchString("startingWithMe is very important") {
+		t.Errorf("Wrong regex returned: '%v': %v", uncompiledRegexes[1], regexes[1])
+	}
+	if regexes[1].MatchString("not startingWithMe should fail") {
+		t.Errorf("Wrong regex returned: '%v': %v", uncompiledRegexes[1], regexes[1])
+	}
+}