diff --git a/src/ol/expr/expression.js b/src/ol/expr/expression.js
index bc732e825f..d90eca6b0d 100644
--- a/src/ol/expr/expression.js
+++ b/src/ol/expr/expression.js
@@ -154,16 +154,17 @@ ol.expr.lib[ol.expr.functions.FID] = function(var_args) {
 
 
 /**
- * Determine if a feature attribute is like the provided value.
- * @param {string} attribute The name of the attribute to test for.
- * @param {string} value The value to test for.
+ * Determine if two strings are like one another, based on simple pattern
+ * matching.
+ * @param {string} value The string to test.
+ * @param {string} pattern The comparison pattern.
  * @param {string} wildCard The wildcard character to use.
  * @param {string} singleChar The single character to use.
  * @param {string} escapeChar The escape character to use.
  * @param {boolean} matchCase Should we match case or not?
  * @this {ol.Feature}
  */
-ol.expr.lib[ol.expr.functions.LIKE] = function(attribute, value, wildCard,
+ol.expr.lib[ol.expr.functions.LIKE] = function(value, pattern, wildCard,
     singleChar, escapeChar, matchCase) {
   if (wildCard == '.') {
     throw new Error('"." is an unsupported wildCard character for ' +
@@ -173,19 +174,18 @@ ol.expr.lib[ol.expr.functions.LIKE] = function(attribute, value, wildCard,
   wildCard = goog.isDef(wildCard) ? wildCard : '*';
   singleChar = goog.isDef(singleChar) ? singleChar : '.';
   escapeChar = goog.isDef(escapeChar) ? escapeChar : '!';
-  var val;
-  val = value.replace(
+  pattern = pattern.replace(
       new RegExp('\\' + escapeChar + '(.|$)', 'g'), '\\$1');
-  val = value.replace(
+  pattern = pattern.replace(
       new RegExp('\\' + singleChar, 'g'), '.');
-  val = value.replace(
+  pattern = pattern.replace(
       new RegExp('\\' + wildCard, 'g'), '.*');
-  val = value.replace(
+  pattern = pattern.replace(
       new RegExp('\\\\.\\*', 'g'), '\\' + wildCard);
-  val = value.replace(
+  pattern = pattern.replace(
       new RegExp('\\\\\\.', 'g'), '\\' + singleChar);
   var modifiers = (matchCase === false) ? 'gi' : 'g';
-  return new RegExp(val, modifiers).test(this.get(attribute));
+  return new RegExp(pattern, modifiers).test(value);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/expr/expression.test.js b/test/spec/ol/expr/expression.test.js
index 30b52945d5..009f467a2e 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/expr/expression.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/expr/expression.test.js
@@ -758,6 +758,36 @@ describe('ol.expr.lib', function() {
 
   });
 
+  describe('like()', function() {
+
+    var one = new ol.Feature({foo: 'bar'});
+    var two = new ol.Feature({foo: 'baz'});
+    var three = new ol.Feature({foo: 'foo'});
+
+    var like = parse('like(foo, "ba")');
+
+    it('First and second feature match, third does not', function() {
+      expect(evaluate(like, one), true);
+      expect(evaluate(like, two), true);
+      expect(evaluate(like, three), false);
+    });
+
+    var uclike = parse('like(foo, "BA")');
+    it('Matchcase is true by default', function() {
+      expect(evaluate(uclike, one), false);
+      expect(evaluate(uclike, two), false);
+      expect(evaluate(uclike, three), false);
+    });
+
+    var ilike = parse('like(foo, "BA", "*", ".", "!", false)');
+    it('Using matchcase false, first two features match again', function() {
+      expect(evaluate(ilike, one), true);
+      expect(evaluate(ilike, two), true);
+      expect(evaluate(uclike, three), false);
+    });
+
+  });
+
 });
 
 describe('ol.expr.register()', function() {