diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/Hook/WordLike.php b/lib/Doctrine/Hook/WordLike.php
index 8257011a1..66aa55445 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/Hook/WordLike.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/Hook/WordLike.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class Doctrine_Hook_WordLike extends Doctrine_Hook_Parser_Complex
             $value = Doctrine_Tokenizer::bracketTrim($value, "'", "'");
         
             $a[]   = $alias . '.' . $field . ' LIKE ?';
-            $this->params[] = $value . '%';
+            $this->params[] = '%' . $value . '%';
 
         } else {
             $e2 = explode(' ',$value);
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ class Doctrine_Hook_WordLike extends Doctrine_Hook_Parser_Complex
             foreach ($e2 as $v) {
                 $v = trim($v);
                 $a[] = $alias . '.' . $field . ' LIKE ?';
-                $this->params[] = $v . '%';
+                $this->params[] = '%' . $v . '%';
             }
         }
         return implode(' OR ', $a);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}