diff --git a/builder/list_item_hunter.js b/builder/list_item_hunter.js
index 50b3aa88a..bacd949fb 100644
--- a/builder/list_item_hunter.js
+++ b/builder/list_item_hunter.js
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
               for(var j = 0; j < foundPartials.length; j++){
 
                 //get the partial
-                var partialName = foundPartials[j].match(/([a-z-]+)/ig)[0];
+                var partialName = foundPartials[j].match(/([\w\-\.\/~]+)/g)[0];
                 var partialPattern = pattern_assembler.get_pattern_by_key(partialName, patternlab);
 
                 //replace its reference within the block with the extended template
diff --git a/test/list_item_hunter_tests.js b/test/list_item_hunter_tests.js
index 7f41cee88..6c6174e83 100644
--- a/test/list_item_hunter_tests.js
+++ b/test/list_item_hunter_tests.js
@@ -100,6 +100,73 @@
       test.done();
     },
 
+    'process_list_item_partials finds verbose partials and outputs repeated renders' : function(test){
+      var pattern1 = {
+        "template": "{{#listItems.one}}{{> 00-test/00-foo }}{{/listItems.one}}",
+        "extendedTemplate" : "{{#listItems.one}}{{> 00-test/00-foo }}{{/listItems.one}}",
+        "key": "test-patternName1",
+        "jsonFileData" : {}
+      };
+
+      var pattern2 = {
+        "template": "{{#listItems.two}}{{> 00-test/01-bar.mustache }}{{/listItems.two}}",
+        "extendedTemplate" : "{{#listItems.two}}{{> 00-test/01-bar.mustache }}{{/listItems.two}}",
+        "key": "test-patternName2",
+        "jsonFileData" : {}
+      };
+
+      var patternlab = {
+        "listitems": {
+          "1": [
+             {
+                "title": "Foo"
+             }
+          ],
+          "2": [
+             {
+                "title": "Foo"
+             },
+             {
+                "title": "Bar"
+             }
+          ]
+        },
+        "data": {
+          "link": {},
+          "partials": []
+        },
+        "config": {"debug": false},
+        "patterns": [
+          {
+           "template": "{{ title }}",
+           "extendedTemplate" : "{{ title }}",
+           "subdir": "00-test",
+           "fileName": "00-foo",
+           "jsonFileData" : {}
+          },
+          {
+           "template": "{{ title }}",
+           "extendedTemplate" : "{{ title }}",
+           "subdir": "00-test",
+           "fileName": "01-bar",
+           "jsonFileData" : {}
+          }
+        ]
+      };
+
+      var list_item_hunter = new lih();
+
+      //act
+      list_item_hunter.process_list_item_partials(pattern1, patternlab);
+      list_item_hunter.process_list_item_partials(pattern2, patternlab);
+
+      //assert
+      test.equals(pattern1.extendedTemplate, "Foo" );
+      test.equals(pattern2.extendedTemplate, "FooBar" );
+
+      test.done();
+    },
+
     'process_list_item_partials overwrites listItem property if that property is in local .listitem.json' : function(test){
       //arrange
       //setup current pattern from what we would have during execution