diff --git a/src/condition.c b/src/condition.c
index 5aba14a..9516e65 100644
--- a/src/condition.c
+++ b/src/condition.c
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ condition* condition_new_string(server *srv, comp_operator_t op, condition_lvalu
 	case CONFIG_COND_EQ:
 	case CONFIG_COND_NE:
 	case CONFIG_COND_PREFIX:
+	case CONFIG_COND_NOPREFIX:
 	case CONFIG_COND_SUFFIX:
+	case CONFIG_COND_NOSUFFIX:
 		return cond_new_string(op, lvalue, str);
 	case CONFIG_COND_MATCH:
 	case CONFIG_COND_NOMATCH:
@@ -142,7 +144,9 @@ condition* condition_new_int(server *srv, comp_operator_t op, condition_lvalue *
 	condition *c;
 	switch (op) {
 	case CONFIG_COND_PREFIX:
+	case CONFIG_COND_NOPREFIX:
 	case CONFIG_COND_SUFFIX:
+	case CONFIG_COND_NOSUFFIX:
 	case CONFIG_COND_MATCH:
 	case CONFIG_COND_NOMATCH:
 	case CONFIG_COND_IP:
@@ -207,8 +211,10 @@ const char* comp_op_to_string(comp_operator_t op) {
 	switch (op) {
 	case CONFIG_COND_EQ: return "==";
 	case CONFIG_COND_NE: return "!=";
-	case CONFIG_COND_PREFIX: return "^=";
-	case CONFIG_COND_SUFFIX: return "$=";
+	case CONFIG_COND_PREFIX: return "=^";
+	case CONFIG_COND_NOPREFIX: return "=^";
+	case CONFIG_COND_SUFFIX: return "=$";
+	case CONFIG_COND_NOSUFFIX: return "!$";
 	case CONFIG_COND_MATCH: return "=~";
 	case CONFIG_COND_NOMATCH: return "!~";
 	case CONFIG_COND_IP: return "=/";
@@ -301,9 +307,15 @@ static gboolean condition_check_eval_string(server *srv, connection *con, condit
 	case CONFIG_COND_PREFIX:
 		result = g_str_has_prefix(value, cond->rvalue.string->str);
 		break;
+	case CONFIG_COND_NOPREFIX:
+		result = !g_str_has_prefix(value, cond->rvalue.string->str);
+		break;
 	case CONFIG_COND_SUFFIX:
 		result = g_str_has_suffix(value, cond->rvalue.string->str);
 		break;
+	case CONFIG_COND_NOSUFFIX:
+		result = !g_str_has_suffix(value, cond->rvalue.string->str);
+		break;
 	case CONFIG_COND_MATCH:
 	case CONFIG_COND_NOMATCH:
 #ifdef HAVE_PCRE_H
@@ -357,7 +369,9 @@ static gboolean condition_check_eval_int(server *srv, connection *con, condition
 	case CONFIG_COND_GE:      /** >= */
 		return (value >= cond->rvalue.i);
 	case CONFIG_COND_PREFIX:
+	case CONFIG_COND_NOPREFIX:
 	case CONFIG_COND_SUFFIX:
+	case CONFIG_COND_NOSUFFIX:
 	case CONFIG_COND_MATCH:
 	case CONFIG_COND_NOMATCH:
 	case CONFIG_COND_IP:
@@ -473,7 +487,9 @@ static gboolean condition_check_eval_ip(server *srv, connection *con, condition
 	case CONFIG_COND_NOTIP:
 		return !ip_in_net(&ipval, &cond->rvalue);
 	case CONFIG_COND_PREFIX:
+	case CONFIG_COND_NOPREFIX:
 	case CONFIG_COND_SUFFIX:
+	case CONFIG_COND_NOSUFFIX:
 	case CONFIG_COND_EQ:
 	case CONFIG_COND_NE:
 	case CONFIG_COND_MATCH:
diff --git a/src/condition.h b/src/condition.h
index 25abb5b..152fcb2 100644
--- a/src/condition.h
+++ b/src/condition.h
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ typedef enum {
 	CONFIG_COND_NE,      /** != */
 
 /* only with string */
-	CONFIG_COND_PREFIX,  /** ^= */
-	CONFIG_COND_SUFFIX,  /** $= */
+	CONFIG_COND_PREFIX,  /** =^ */
+	CONFIG_COND_NOPREFIX,/** !^ */
+	CONFIG_COND_SUFFIX,  /** =$ */
+	CONFIG_COND_NOSUFFIX,/** !$ */
 
 /* only usable with pcre */
 	CONFIG_COND_MATCH,   /** =~ */
diff --git a/src/config_parser.rl b/src/config_parser.rl
index 0cfa0da..9a59cd8 100644
--- a/src/config_parser.rl
+++ b/src/config_parser.rl
@@ -360,8 +360,10 @@
 			else if (*ctx->mark == '<' && *(ctx->mark+1) == '=') ctx->op = CONFIG_COND_LE;
 			else if (*ctx->mark == '=' && *(ctx->mark+1) == '=') ctx->op = CONFIG_COND_EQ;
 			else if (*ctx->mark == '!' && *(ctx->mark+1) == '=') ctx->op = CONFIG_COND_NE;
-			else if (*ctx->mark == '^' && *(ctx->mark+1) == '=') ctx->op = CONFIG_COND_PREFIX;
-			else if (*ctx->mark == '$' && *(ctx->mark+1) == '=') ctx->op = CONFIG_COND_SUFFIX;
+			else if (*ctx->mark == '=' && *(ctx->mark+1) == '^') ctx->op = CONFIG_COND_PREFIX;
+			else if (*ctx->mark == '!' && *(ctx->mark+1) == '^') ctx->op = CONFIG_COND_NOPREFIX;
+			else if (*ctx->mark == '=' && *(ctx->mark+1) == '$') ctx->op = CONFIG_COND_SUFFIX;
+			else if (*ctx->mark == '!' && *(ctx->mark+1) == '$') ctx->op = CONFIG_COND_NOSUFFIX;
 			else if (*ctx->mark == '=' && *(ctx->mark+1) == '~') ctx->op = CONFIG_COND_MATCH;
 			else if (*ctx->mark == '!' && *(ctx->mark+1) == '~') ctx->op = CONFIG_COND_NOMATCH;
 		}
@@ -686,7 +688,7 @@
 	value_statement = ( value (ws* ('+'|'-'|'*'|'/') >value_statement_op ws* value %value_statement)? );
 	hash_elem = ( string >mark noise* ':' noise* value );
 
-	operator = ( '==' | '!=' | '^=' | '$=' | '<' | '<=' | '>' | '>=' | '=~' | '!~' ) >mark %operator;
+	operator = ( '==' | '!=' | '=^' | '!^' | '=$' | '!$' | '<' | '<=' | '>' | '>=' | '=~' | '!~' ) >mark %operator;
 
 	# statements
 	assignment = ( varname ws* '=' ws* value_statement ';' ) %assignment;