diff --git a/mu4e/mu4e-message.el b/mu4e/mu4e-message.el
index 93408b12..474d3fd5 100644
--- a/mu4e/mu4e-message.el
+++ b/mu4e/mu4e-message.el
@@ -170,17 +170,24 @@ function prefers the text part, but this can be changed by setting
   "Checks whether any of the of the contacts in field
 CFIELD (either :to, :from, :cc or :bcc) of msg MSG matches (with
 their name or e-mail address) regular expressions RX. If there is a
-match, return t otherwise nil."
+match, return non-nil; otherwise return nil. RX can also be a list
+of regular expressions, in which case any of those are tried for a
+match."
   (unless (member cfield '(:to :from :bcc :cc))
     (mu4e-error "Not a contacts field (%S)" cfield))
-  (when (find-if
-	  (lambda (ct)
-	    (let ((name (car ct)) (email (cdr ct)))
-	      (or
-		(and name  (string-match rx name))
-		(and email (string-match rx email)))))
-	  (mu4e-message-field msg cfield))
-    t)) 
+  (if (listp rx)
+    ;; if rx is a list, try each one of them for a match
+    (find-if
+      (lambda (a-rx) (mu4e-message-contact-field-matches msg cfield a-rx))
+      rx)
+    ;; not a list, check the rx
+    (find-if
+      (lambda (ct)
+	(let ((name (car ct)) (email (cdr ct)))
+	  (or
+	    (and name  (string-match rx name))
+	    (and email (string-match rx email)))))
+      (mu4e-message-field msg cfield)))) 
 
 
 (defsubst mu4e-message-part-field  (msgpart field)