diff --git a/src/operators/pm.cc b/src/operators/pm.cc
index f893041f..8a72509d 100644
--- a/src/operators/pm.cc
+++ b/src/operators/pm.cc
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "operators/operator.h"
+#include "utils/acmp.h"
 
 namespace ModSecurity {
 namespace operators {
@@ -77,6 +78,11 @@ bool Pm::evaluate(Assay *assay, const std::string &input) {
 bool Pm::init(const char **error) {
     std::vector<std::string> vec;
 
+    char *content = parse_pm_content(param.c_str(), param.length(), error);
+    if (content == NULL) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
     std::istringstream iss(param);
     std::copy(std::istream_iterator<std::string>(iss),
         std::istream_iterator<std::string>(),
diff --git a/src/utils/acmp.cc b/src/utils/acmp.cc
index b1a94ddc..08575863 100644
--- a/src/utils/acmp.cc
+++ b/src/utils/acmp.cc
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 /* Aho-Corasick Matching  */
 
 #include "acmp.h"
-#include <vector>
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -24,8 +23,141 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+
+/**
+ * TODO: This code comes from ModSecurity 2.9.0 there are two memory leaks here
+ *       that should be mitigated. This ACMP parser should be re-written to
+ *       consume less memory.
+ */
 extern "C" {
 
+char *parse_pm_content(const char *op_parm, unsigned short int op_len, const char **error_msg)  {
+    char *parm = NULL;
+    char *content = NULL;
+    unsigned short int offset = 0;
+    char converted = 0;
+    int i, x;
+    unsigned char bin = 0, esc = 0, bin_offset = 0;
+    unsigned char bin_parm[3], c = 0;
+    char *processed = NULL;
+
+    content = strdup(op_parm);
+
+    if (content == NULL) {
+        *error_msg = std::string("Error allocating memory for pattern matching content.").c_str();
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    while (offset < op_len && content[offset] == ' ' || content[offset] == '\t') {
+        offset++;
+    };
+
+    op_len = strlen(content);
+
+    if (content[offset] == '\"' && content[op_len-1] == '\"') {
+        parm = strdup(content + offset + 1);
+        if (parm  == NULL) {
+            *error_msg = std::string("Error allocating memory for pattern matching content.").c_str();
+            free(content);
+            content = NULL;
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        parm[op_len - offset - 2] = '\0';
+    } else {
+        parm = strdup(content + offset);
+        if (parm == NULL) {
+            free(content);
+            content = NULL;
+            *error_msg = std::string("Error allocating memory for pattern matching content.").c_str();
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    free(content);
+    content = NULL;
+
+    op_len = strlen(parm);
+
+    if (op_len == 0)   {
+        *error_msg = "Content length is 0.";
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0, x = 0; i < op_len; i++) {
+        if (parm[i] == '|') {
+            if (bin) {
+                bin = 0;
+            } else {
+                bin = 1;
+            }
+        } else if(!esc && parm[i] == '\\') {
+            esc = 1;
+        } else {
+            if (bin) {
+                if (parm[i] == 0 || parm[i] == 1 || parm[i] == 2 ||
+                    parm[i] == 3 || parm[i] == 4 || parm[i] == 5 ||
+                    parm[i] == 6 || parm[i] == 7 || parm[i] == 8 ||
+                    parm[i] == 9 ||
+                    parm[i] == 'A' || parm[i] == 'a' ||
+                    parm[i] == 'B' || parm[i] == 'b' ||
+                    parm[i] == 'C' || parm[i] == 'c' ||
+                    parm[i] == 'D' || parm[i] == 'd' ||
+                    parm[i] == 'E' || parm[i] == 'e' ||
+                    parm[i] == 'F' || parm[i] == 'f')
+                {
+                    bin_parm[bin_offset] = (char)parm[i];
+                    bin_offset++;
+                    if (bin_offset == 2) {
+                        c = strtol((char *)bin_parm, (char **) NULL, 16) & 0xFF;
+                        bin_offset = 0;
+                        parm[x] = c;
+                        x++;
+                        converted = 1;
+                    }
+                } else if (parm[i] == ' ') {
+                }
+            } else if (esc) {
+                if (parm[i] == ':' ||
+                        parm[i] == ';' ||
+                        parm[i] == '\\' ||
+                        parm[i] == '\"')
+                {
+                    parm[x] = parm[i];
+                    x++;
+                } else {
+                    *error_msg = std::string("Unsupported escape sequence.").c_str();
+                    return NULL;
+                }
+                esc = 0;
+                converted = 1;
+            } else {
+                parm[x] = parm[i];
+                x++;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (converted) {
+        op_len = x;
+    }
+
+    //processed = memcpy(processed, parm, op_len);
+    processed = strdup(parm);
+    free(parm);
+    parm = NULL;
+
+    if (processed == NULL) {
+        *error_msg = std::string("Error allocating memory for pattern matching content.").c_str();
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return processed;
+}
+
 /*
  *******************************************************************************
  *******************************************************************************
diff --git a/src/utils/acmp.h b/src/utils/acmp.h
index cf310e3b..cd667433 100644
--- a/src/utils/acmp.h
+++ b/src/utils/acmp.h
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ int acmp_process_quick(ACMPT *acmpt, const char **match, const char *data, size_
  */
 int acmp_prepare(ACMP *parser);
 
+char *parse_pm_content(const char *op_parm, unsigned short int op_len, const char **error_msg);
+
 }
 
 #endif /*ACMP_H_*/