diff --git a/gopls/internal/regtest/misc/workspace_symbol_test.go b/gopls/internal/regtest/misc/workspace_symbol_test.go
index 38a9854334..a21d47312d 100644
--- a/gopls/internal/regtest/misc/workspace_symbol_test.go
+++ b/gopls/internal/regtest/misc/workspace_symbol_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package misc
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"golang.org/x/tools/internal/lsp/protocol"
 	. "golang.org/x/tools/internal/lsp/regtest"
 	"golang.org/x/tools/internal/lsp/source"
 	"golang.org/x/tools/internal/testenv"
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ func TestWorkspaceSymbolMissingMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 -- go.mod --
 module mod.com
 
-go 1.12
+go 1.17
 -- a.go --
 package p
 
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ func TestWorkspaceSymbolSorting(t *testing.T) {
 -- go.mod --
 module mod.com
 
-go 1.12
+go 1.17
 -- a/a.go --
 package a
 
@@ -82,15 +83,49 @@ const (
 			"Fooey",  // shorter than Fooest, Foobar
 			"Fooest",
 		}
-		syms := env.WorkspaceSymbol("Foo")
-		if len(syms) != len(want) {
-			t.Errorf("got %d symbols, want %d", len(syms), len(want))
-		}
-
-		for i := range syms {
-			if syms[i].Name != want[i] {
-				t.Errorf("syms[%d] = %q, want %q", i, syms[i].Name, want[i])
-			}
-		}
+		got := env.WorkspaceSymbol("Foo")
+		compareSymbols(t, got, want)
 	})
 }
+
+func TestWorkspaceSymbolSpecialPatterns(t *testing.T) {
+	const files = `
+-- go.mod --
+module mod.com
+
+go 1.17
+-- a/a.go --
+package a
+
+const (
+	AxxBxxCxx
+	ABC
+)
+`
+
+	var symbolMatcher = string(source.SymbolFastFuzzy)
+	WithOptions(
+		EditorConfig{
+			SymbolMatcher: &symbolMatcher,
+		},
+	).Run(t, files, func(t *testing.T, env *Env) {
+		compareSymbols(t, env.WorkspaceSymbol("ABC"), []string{"ABC", "AxxBxxCxx"})
+		compareSymbols(t, env.WorkspaceSymbol("'ABC"), []string{"ABC"})
+		compareSymbols(t, env.WorkspaceSymbol("^mod.com"), []string{"mod.com/a.ABC", "mod.com/a.AxxBxxCxx"})
+		compareSymbols(t, env.WorkspaceSymbol("^mod.com Axx"), []string{"mod.com/a.AxxBxxCxx"})
+		compareSymbols(t, env.WorkspaceSymbol("C$"), []string{"ABC"})
+	})
+}
+
+func compareSymbols(t *testing.T, got []protocol.SymbolInformation, want []string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	if len(got) != len(want) {
+		t.Errorf("got %d symbols, want %d", len(got), len(want))
+	}
+
+	for i := range got {
+		if got[i].Name != want[i] {
+			t.Errorf("got[%d] = %q, want %q", i, got[i].Name, want[i])
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/lsp/fuzzy/symbol.go b/internal/lsp/fuzzy/symbol.go
index 2a91ed2204..df9fbd5141 100644
--- a/internal/lsp/fuzzy/symbol.go
+++ b/internal/lsp/fuzzy/symbol.go
@@ -49,11 +49,6 @@ const (
 //
 // Currently this matcher only accepts case-insensitive fuzzy patterns.
 //
-// TODO(rfindley):
-//  - implement smart-casing
-//  - implement space-separated groups
-//  - implement ', ^, and $ modifiers
-//
 // An empty pattern matches no input.
 func NewSymbolMatcher(pattern string) *SymbolMatcher {
 	m := &SymbolMatcher{}
diff --git a/internal/lsp/source/workspace_symbol.go b/internal/lsp/source/workspace_symbol.go
index b73d0fb5d3..364119530f 100644
--- a/internal/lsp/source/workspace_symbol.go
+++ b/internal/lsp/source/workspace_symbol.go
@@ -177,9 +177,11 @@ func newSymbolCollector(matcher SymbolMatcher, style SymbolStyle, query string)
 func buildMatcher(matcher SymbolMatcher, query string) matcherFunc {
 	switch matcher {
 	case SymbolFuzzy:
-		return parseQuery(query)
+		return parseQuery(query, newFuzzyMatcher)
 	case SymbolFastFuzzy:
-		return fuzzy.NewSymbolMatcher(query).Match
+		return parseQuery(query, func(query string) matcherFunc {
+			return fuzzy.NewSymbolMatcher(query).Match
+		})
 	case SymbolCaseSensitive:
 		return matchExact(query)
 	case SymbolCaseInsensitive:
@@ -195,6 +197,18 @@ func buildMatcher(matcher SymbolMatcher, query string) matcherFunc {
 	panic(fmt.Errorf("unknown symbol matcher: %v", matcher))
 }
 
+func newFuzzyMatcher(query string) matcherFunc {
+	fm := fuzzy.NewMatcher(query)
+	return func(chunks []string) (int, float64) {
+		score := float64(fm.ScoreChunks(chunks))
+		ranges := fm.MatchedRanges()
+		if len(ranges) > 0 {
+			return ranges[0], score
+		}
+		return -1, score
+	}
+}
+
 // parseQuery parses a field-separated symbol query, extracting the special
 // characters listed below, and returns a matcherFunc corresponding to the AND
 // of all field queries.
@@ -207,7 +221,7 @@ func buildMatcher(matcher SymbolMatcher, query string) matcherFunc {
 // In all three of these special queries, matches are 'smart-cased', meaning
 // they are case sensitive if the symbol query contains any upper-case
 // characters, and case insensitive otherwise.
-func parseQuery(q string) matcherFunc {
+func parseQuery(q string, newMatcher func(string) matcherFunc) matcherFunc {
 	fields := strings.Fields(q)
 	if len(fields) == 0 {
 		return func([]string) (int, float64) { return -1, 0 }
@@ -238,15 +252,7 @@ func parseQuery(q string) matcherFunc {
 				return -1, 0
 			})
 		default:
-			fm := fuzzy.NewMatcher(field)
-			f = func(chunks []string) (int, float64) {
-				score := float64(fm.ScoreChunks(chunks))
-				ranges := fm.MatchedRanges()
-				if len(ranges) > 0 {
-					return ranges[0], score
-				}
-				return -1, score
-			}
+			f = newMatcher(field)
 		}
 		funcs = append(funcs, f)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/lsp/source/workspace_symbol_test.go b/internal/lsp/source/workspace_symbol_test.go
index 89c754db09..314ef785df 100644
--- a/internal/lsp/source/workspace_symbol_test.go
+++ b/internal/lsp/source/workspace_symbol_test.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func TestParseQuery(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
-		matcher := parseQuery(test.query)
+		matcher := parseQuery(test.query, newFuzzyMatcher)
 		if _, score := matcher([]string{test.s}); score > 0 != test.wantMatch {
 			t.Errorf("parseQuery(%q) match for %q: %.2g, want match: %t", test.query, test.s, score, test.wantMatch)
 		}