diff --git a/src/lib/Search/Legacy/Content/Common/Gateway/CriterionHandler/FullText.php b/src/lib/Search/Legacy/Content/Common/Gateway/CriterionHandler/FullText.php
index 2b17830ac3..8c4e07d8e5 100644
--- a/src/lib/Search/Legacy/Content/Common/Gateway/CriterionHandler/FullText.php
+++ b/src/lib/Search/Legacy/Content/Common/Gateway/CriterionHandler/FullText.php
@@ -146,17 +146,20 @@ protected function tokenizeString($string)
      */
     protected function getWordExpression(QueryBuilder $query, string $token): string
     {
-        if ($this->configuration['enableWildcards'] && $token[0] === '*') {
-            return $query->expr()->like(
-                'word',
-                $query->createNamedParameter('%' . substr($token, 1))
-            );
-        }
+        $hasLeadingWildcard = str_starts_with($token, '*');
+        $hasTrailingWildcard = str_ends_with($token, '*');
+        if ($this->configuration['enableWildcards'] && ($hasLeadingWildcard || $hasTrailingWildcard)) {
+            $token = $hasLeadingWildcard ? substr($token, 1) : $token;
+            $token = $hasTrailingWildcard ? substr($token, 0, -1) : $token;
+
+            $token = str_replace('%', '\\%', $token);
+
+            $token = $hasLeadingWildcard ? '%' . $token : $token;
+            $token = $hasTrailingWildcard ? $token . '%' : $token;
 
-        if ($this->configuration['enableWildcards'] && $token[strlen($token) - 1] === '*') {
             return $query->expr()->like(
                 'word',
-                $query->createNamedParameter(substr($token, 0, -1) . '%')
+                $query->createNamedParameter($token)
             );
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/Core/Repository/SearchServiceFulltextTest.php b/tests/integration/Core/Repository/SearchServiceFulltextTest.php
index a1af8b37a8..15725d4208 100644
--- a/tests/integration/Core/Repository/SearchServiceFulltextTest.php
+++ b/tests/integration/Core/Repository/SearchServiceFulltextTest.php
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ public function providerForTestFulltextSearchSolr7(): array
                 'qui*',
                 [[1, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 15]],
             ],
+            [
+                '*row*',
+                [[2, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15]],
+            ],
             [
                 '+qui* +fox',
                 [6, [11, 13], 15],