diff --git a/src/compiler/utilities.ts b/src/compiler/utilities.ts
index a32a82ecf1016..197e91ac38310 100644
--- a/src/compiler/utilities.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/utilities.ts
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ namespace ts {
             case SyntaxKind.TemplateTail:
                 return "}" + escapeText(node.text, CharacterCodes.backtick) + "`";
             case SyntaxKind.NumericLiteral:
+            case SyntaxKind.RegularExpressionLiteral:
                 return node.text;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/harness/unittests/printer.ts b/src/harness/unittests/printer.ts
index 23e301f366920..825bfddbb4a46 100644
--- a/src/harness/unittests/printer.ts
+++ b/src/harness/unittests/printer.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ namespace ts {
 
             // github #14948
             printsCorrectly("templateLiteral", {}, printer => printer.printFile(createSourceFile("source.ts", "let greeting = `Hi ${name}, how are you?`;", ScriptTarget.ES2017)));
+
+            // github #18071
+            printsCorrectly("regularExpressionLiteral", {}, printer => printer.printFile(createSourceFile("source.ts", "let regex = /abc/;", ScriptTarget.ES2017)));
         });
 
         describe("printBundle", () => {
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/printerApi/printsFileCorrectly.regularExpressionLiteral.js b/tests/baselines/reference/printerApi/printsFileCorrectly.regularExpressionLiteral.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..309f689977974
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/printerApi/printsFileCorrectly.regularExpressionLiteral.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+let regex = /abc/;