diff --git a/administrator/components/com_jedchecker/libraries/rules/jexec.php b/administrator/components/com_jedchecker/libraries/rules/jexec.php
index 44edc5f..97a2cee 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_jedchecker/libraries/rules/jexec.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_jedchecker/libraries/rules/jexec.php
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class JedcheckerRulesJexec extends JEDcheckerRule
 			. '<\?php\s+' // there is an opening php tag
 			. '(?:declare ?\(strict_types ?= ?1 ?\) ?; ?)?' // optionally followed by declare(strict_types=1) directive
 			. '(?:namespace [0-9A-Za-z_\\\\]+ ?; ?)?' // optionally followed by namespace directive
-			. '(?:use [0-9A-Za-z_\\\\]+ ?(?:as [0-9A-Za-z_]+ ?)?; ?)*' // optionally followed by use directives
+			. '(?:use (?:function )?[0-9A-Za-z_\\\\]+ ?(?:as [0-9A-Za-z_]+ ?)?; ?)*' // optionally followed by use directives
 			. '\\\\?defined ?\( ?' // followed by defined test
 			. '([\'"])(?:' . implode('|', $defines) . ')\1' // of any of given constant
 			. ' ?\) ?(?:or |\|\| ?)(?:die|exit)\b' // or exit