diff --git a/.changeset/weak-plums-sip.md b/.changeset/weak-plums-sip.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f206ca97f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/weak-plums-sip.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"astro": patch
+---
+
+Fix build failure when image file name includes special characters
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-markdown/images.ts b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-markdown/images.ts
index 1123c28784..66ec141067 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-markdown/images.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-markdown/images.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export function getMarkdownCodeForImages(imagePaths: MarkdownImagePath[], html:
 						.map((entry) => {
 							const rawUrl = JSON.stringify(entry.raw);
 							return `{
-											const regex = new RegExp('__ASTRO_IMAGE_="([^"]*' + ${rawUrl} + '[^"]*)"', 'g');
+											const regex = new RegExp('__ASTRO_IMAGE_="([^"]*' + ${rawUrl.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\\\$&')} + '[^"]*)"', 'g');
 											let match;
 											let occurrenceCounter = 0;
 											while ((match = regex.exec(html)) !== null) {
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/core-image.test.js b/packages/astro/test/core-image.test.js
index 67a76ba880..fbaedd9a1e 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/core-image.test.js
+++ b/packages/astro/test/core-image.test.js
@@ -427,6 +427,15 @@ describe('astro:image', () => {
 				expect($img.attr('src').startsWith('/_image')).to.equal(true);
 			});
 
+			it('Supports special characters in file name', async () => {
+				let res = await fixture.fetch('/specialChars');
+				let html = await res.text();
+				$ = cheerio.load(html);
+
+				let $img = $('img');
+				expect($img.attr('src').startsWith('/_image')).to.equal(true);
+			});
+
 			it('properly handles remote images', async () => {
 				let res = await fixture.fetch('/httpImage');
 				let html = await res.text();
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/core-image/src/assets/c++.png b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/core-image/src/assets/c++.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25c97b7cb5
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/core-image/src/assets/c++.png differ
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/core-image/src/pages/specialChars.md b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/core-image/src/pages/specialChars.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3177cff75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/core-image/src/pages/specialChars.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+![C++](../assets/c++.png)
+
+Image with special characters in file name worked.