diff --git a/gramps/cli/clidbman.py b/gramps/cli/clidbman.py
index 8c0e9e3fb..2df7a126d 100644
--- a/gramps/cli/clidbman.py
+++ b/gramps/cli/clidbman.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class CLIDbManager(object):
             (name, dirpath, path_name, last,
              tval, enable, stock_id, backend_type, version) = item
             if (database_names is None or 
-                any([re.match(dbname, name) for dbname in database_names])):
+                any([re.match("^" + dbname + "$", name) for dbname in database_names])):
                 summary = self.get_dbdir_summary(dirpath, name)
                 print(_("Family Tree \"%s\":") % summary[_("Family Tree")])
                 for item in sorted(summary):
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class CLIDbManager(object):
             (name, dirpath, path_name, last,
              tval, enable, stock_id, backend_type, version) = item
             if (database_names is None or 
-                any([re.match(dbname, name) for dbname in database_names])):
+                any([re.match("^" + dbname + "$", name) for dbname in database_names])):
                 retval = self.get_dbdir_summary(dirpath, name)
                 summary_list.append( retval )
         return summary_list