diff -r fad896292e7d -r 891aaa7c0c70 mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Wed Dec 10 23:46:47 2014 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Sun Nov 09 19:57:02 2014 -0500
@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@
         raise util.Abort(_('similarity must be a number'))
     if sim < 0 or sim > 100:
         raise util.Abort(_('similarity must be between 0 and 100'))
-    return scmutil.addremove(repo, pats, opts, similarity=sim / 100.0)
+    matcher = scmutil.match(repo[None], pats, opts)
+    return scmutil.addremove(repo, matcher, opts, similarity=sim / 100.0)
 
 @command('^annotate|blame',
     [('r', 'rev', '', _('annotate the specified revision'), _('REV')),