diff --git a/js/js.libraries/src/core/regex.kt b/js/js.libraries/src/core/regex.kt
index b5a70244529..fe398a4a0c3 100644
--- a/js/js.libraries/src/core/regex.kt
+++ b/js/js.libraries/src/core/regex.kt
@@ -153,10 +153,13 @@ public class Regex(pattern: String, options: Set<RegexOption>) {
     }
 }
 
-/**
- * Creates a regular expression from the specified [pattern] string and the specified [options].
- */
-public fun Regex(pattern: String, vararg options: RegexOption): Regex = Regex(pattern, options.toSet())
+/** Creates a regular expression from the specified [pattern] string and the specified single [option].  */
+public fun Regex(pattern: String, option: RegexOption): Regex = Regex(pattern, setOf(option))
+
+/** Creates a regular expression from the specified [pattern] string and the default options.  */
+public fun Regex(pattern: String): Regex = Regex(pattern, emptySet())
+
+
 
 
 private fun RegExp.findNext(input: String, from: Int): MatchResult? {
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/regex/RegexExtensions.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/regex/RegexExtensions.kt
index e5cb6f8ff51..344543b96b0 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/regex/RegexExtensions.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/regex/RegexExtensions.kt
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 package kotlin
 
 import kotlin.text.*
+
 /**
- * Converts the string into a regular expression [Regex] with the specified [options].
+ * Converts the string into a regular expression [Regex] with the default options.
  */
-public fun String.toRegex(vararg options: RegexOption): Regex = Regex(this, *options)
+public fun String.toRegex(): Regex = Regex(this)
+
+/**
+ * Converts the string into a regular expression [Regex] with the specified single [option].
+ */
+public fun String.toRegex(option: RegexOption): Regex = Regex(this, option)
 
 /**
  * Converts the string into a regular expression [Regex] with the specified set of [options].
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/regex/RegexJVM.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/regex/RegexJVM.kt
index c305963d7c3..81ceebeacec 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/regex/RegexJVM.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/regex/RegexJVM.kt
@@ -90,11 +90,16 @@ public data class MatchGroup(public val value: String, public val range: IntRang
  */
 public class Regex internal (private val nativePattern: Pattern) {
 
+
+    /** Creates a regular expression from the specified [pattern] string and the default options.  */
+    public constructor(pattern: String): this(Pattern.compile(pattern))
+
+    /** Creates a regular expression from the specified [pattern] string and the specified single [option].  */
+    public constructor(pattern: String, option: RegexOption): this(Pattern.compile(pattern, ensureUnicodeCase(option.value)))
+
     /** Creates a regular expression from the specified [pattern] string and the specified set of [options].  */
     public constructor(pattern: String, options: Set<RegexOption>): this(Pattern.compile(pattern, ensureUnicodeCase(options.toInt())))
 
-    /** Creates a regular expression from the specified [pattern] string and the specified [options]. */
-    public constructor(pattern: String, vararg options: RegexOption) : this(pattern, options.toSet())
 
     /** The pattern string of this regular expression. */
     public val pattern: String
@@ -189,7 +194,7 @@ public class Regex internal (private val nativePattern: Pattern) {
 
     companion object {
         /** Returns a literal regex for the specified [literal] string. */
-        public fun fromLiteral(literal: String): Regex = Regex(literal, RegexOption.LITERAL)
+        public fun fromLiteral(literal: String): Regex = literal.toRegex(RegexOption.LITERAL)
         /** Returns a literal pattern for the specified [literal] string. */
         public fun escape(literal: String): String = Pattern.quote(literal)
         /** Returns a literal replacement expression for the specified [literal] string. */
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/test/text/RegexTest.kt b/libraries/stdlib/test/text/RegexTest.kt
index 9047ef90c57..8259de889b3 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/test/text/RegexTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/test/text/RegexTest.kt
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class RegexTest {
     test fun escapeLiteral() {
         val literal = """[-\/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]"""
         assertTrue(Regex.fromLiteral(literal).matches(literal))
-        assertTrue(Regex(Regex.escape(literal)).matches(literal))
+        assertTrue(Regex.escape(literal).toRegex().matches(literal))
     }
 
     test fun replace() {