diff --git a/lib/rules/no-package-imports.js b/lib/rules/no-package-imports.js
index c04709f..f845a5d 100644
--- a/lib/rules/no-package-imports.js
+++ b/lib/rules/no-package-imports.js
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ module.exports = {
                 {
                   type: "object",
                   properties: {
+                    regexString: {
+                      type: "string",
+                    },
                     invalidPrefix: {
                       type: "string",
                     },
@@ -57,9 +60,11 @@ module.exports = {
     // create a replacer regex and a target string
     const replacers = context.options[0].options.map((option) => [
       // match all string [../]*$invalidPrefix/anything/$invalidSuffix[/anything]
-      new RegExp(
-        `(?:(?:..\\/)*${option.invalidPrefix})+\\/([^\\/]+)\\/${option.invalidSuffix}(\\/(.+))?`
-      ),
+      option.regexString ? 
+        new RegExp(option.regexString) : 
+        new RegExp(
+          `(?:(?:..\\/)*${option.invalidPrefix})+\\/([^\\/]+)${option.invalidSuffix !== "" ? `\\/${option.invalidSuffix}` : ''}(\\/(.+))?`
+        ),
       option.template ?? `${option.monorepoRoot}/$1$2`,
     ]);
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/no-package-imports.js b/tests/lib/rules/no-package-imports.js
index 2bdeb1e..7f9732c 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/no-package-imports.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/no-package-imports.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ ruleTester.run("no-package-imports", rule, {
 
   invalid: [
     {
-      code: 'import { Button } from "../../packages/components/src/Button"',
+      code: 'import { Button } from "../../../packages/components/src/Button"',
       output: 'import { Button } from "@monorepo/components/Button"',
       parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 6, sourceType: "module" },
       options,
@@ -71,6 +71,21 @@ ruleTester.run("no-package-imports", rule, {
       ],
       errors: [incorrectImport],
     },
+    {
+      code: 'import Button from "../../../packages/components/Button"',
+      output: 'import Button from "@monorepo/components/Button"',
+      parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 6, sourceType: "module" },
+      options: [{
+        options: [
+          {
+            invalidPrefix: "packages",
+            invalidSuffix: "",
+            monorepoRoot: "@monorepo",
+          },
+        ],
+      }],
+      errors: [incorrectImport],
+    },
     {
       code: 'import Button from "../../../packages/components/src/Button"',
       output: 'import Button from "@monorepo/components/Button"',