diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5f4eb4d0c2543024b512d82577b49b310a547d82..05125bafe1568bed4826b6bf828ad3731f3b547d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ version 0.9.4 -- unreleased
     lib changes
 	vserver:
 	 . init_vservers: fixed Debian bug #351083 (improper readlink syntax)
+	 . found_vservers: escaped special grep repetition character +
 
 version 0.9.3 -- February 1st, 2006
     autotools fixes
diff --git a/lib/vserver.in b/lib/vserver.in
index 8a585bf16787dddb506e53e65b8e1de5c194a202..8ac7b7e5fa76b18f300c683b271ddbf9d211998e 100644
--- a/lib/vserver.in
+++ b/lib/vserver.in
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ init_vservers() {
             "vservers enabled in $conffile, but VROOTDIR ($VROOTDIR) does not exist.";
             return
       fi
-      found_vservers=`ls $VROOTDIR | grep -E -v "lost+found|ARCHIVES" | tr "\n" " "`
+      found_vservers=`ls $VROOTDIR | grep -E -v "lost\+found|ARCHIVES" | tr "\n" " "`
       if [ -z "$found_vservers" ]; then
          `if [ "$arg" = nodialog ]; then echo warning; else echo "msgBox warning"; fi` \
             "vservers enabled in $conffile, but no vserver was found in $VROOTDIR.";