diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 639bea20e7..e8445f8e88 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2019-08-26  Sergio Durigan Junior  <sergiodj@redhat.com>
+
+	* gdb.python/py-xmethods.exp: Use raw strings when passing
+	arguments to SimpleXMethodMatcher.
+
 2019-08-22  Tom de Vries  <tdevries@suse.de>
 
 	* gdb.multi/multi-term-settings.exp (coretest): Make gdb_test messages
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-xmethods.py b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-xmethods.py
index 587842d736..cea48b80d8 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-xmethods.py
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-xmethods.py
@@ -199,34 +199,34 @@ class G_methods_matcher(XMethodMatcher):
 
 
 global_dm_list = [
-    SimpleXMethodMatcher('A_plus_A',
-                         '^dop::A$',
-                         'operator\+',
+    SimpleXMethodMatcher(r'A_plus_A',
+                         r'^dop::A$',
+                         r'operator\+',
                          A_plus_A,
                          # This is a replacement, hence match the arg type
                          # exactly!
                          type_A.const().reference()),
-    SimpleXMethodMatcher('plus_plus_A',
-                         '^dop::A$',
-                         'operator\+\+',
+    SimpleXMethodMatcher(r'plus_plus_A',
+                         r'^dop::A$',
+                         r'operator\+\+',
                          plus_plus_A),
-    SimpleXMethodMatcher('A_geta',
-                         '^dop::A$',
-                         '^geta$',
+    SimpleXMethodMatcher(r'A_geta',
+                         r'^dop::A$',
+                         r'^geta$',
                          A_geta),
-    SimpleXMethodMatcher('A_getarrayind',
-                         '^dop::A$',
-                         '^getarrayind$',
+    SimpleXMethodMatcher(r'A_getarrayind',
+                         r'^dop::A$',
+                         r'^getarrayind$',
                          A_getarrayind,
                          type_int),
-    SimpleXMethodMatcher('A_indexoper',
-                         '^dop::A$',
-                         'operator\\[\\]',
+    SimpleXMethodMatcher(r'A_indexoper',
+                         r'^dop::A$',
+                         r'operator\[\]',
                          A_indexoper,
                          type_int),
-    SimpleXMethodMatcher('B_indexoper',
-                         '^dop::B$',
-                         'operator\\[\\]',
+    SimpleXMethodMatcher(r'B_indexoper',
+                         r'^dop::B$',
+                         r'operator\[\]',
                          B_indexoper,
                          type_int)
 ]