diff --git a/plugins/wd/wd.sh b/plugins/wd/wd.sh
index 3d68583f1..0299eb7ab 100755
--- a/plugins/wd/wd.sh
+++ b/plugins/wd/wd.sh
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ wd_show()
         wd_matches=()
         # do a reverse lookup to check whether PWD is in $points
         PWD="${PWD/$HOME/~}"
-        if [[ ${points[(r)$PWD]} == $PWD ]]
+        if [[ ${points[(r)${PWD/\~/\\~}]} == $PWD ]]
         then
             for name in ${(k)points}
             do