diff --git a/crates/ctranslate2-bindings/src/lib.rs b/crates/ctranslate2-bindings/src/lib.rs
index ffeece7..a29ae71 100644
--- a/crates/ctranslate2-bindings/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ctranslate2-bindings/src/lib.rs
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ pub struct TextInferenceOptions {
 pub struct InferenceContext {
     stop_re: Option<Regex>,
     cancel: CancellationToken,
-    output_text: String
+    reversed_output_text: String
 }
 
 impl InferenceContext {
     fn new(stop_re: Option<Regex>, cancel: CancellationToken) -> Self {
-        InferenceContext { stop_re, cancel, output_text: "".to_owned() }
+        InferenceContext { stop_re, cancel, reversed_output_text: "".to_owned() }
     }
 }
 
@@ -115,9 +115,17 @@ impl TextInferenceEngine {
         let stop_re = if options.stop_words.is_empty() {
             None
         } else {
+            // FIXME(meng): consider cache the regexp.
             let encodings = self.tokenizer.encode_batch(options.stop_words.clone(), false).unwrap();
-            let stop_tokens : Vec<String> = encodings.iter().map(|x| x.get_tokens().join("")).collect();
-            let regex_string = r"(?m)".to_owned() + &stop_tokens.join("|");
+            let stop_tokens : Vec<String> = encodings
+                .iter()
+                .map(|x| x.get_tokens().join(""))
+                // Reverse for efficient suffix matching.
+                .map(reverse)
+                .collect();
+
+            // \A means absolute begins of string.
+            let regex_string = r"(?m)\A".to_owned() + &stop_tokens.join("|");
             Some(Regex::new(&regex_string).unwrap())
         };
 
@@ -143,10 +151,16 @@ fn inference_callback(context: &mut InferenceContext, _step: usize, _token_id: u
         true
     } else {
         if let Some(re) = &context.stop_re {
-            context.output_text.push_str(&token);
-            re.find(&context.output_text).is_some()
+            let mut new_token = reverse(token);
+            new_token.push_str(&context.reversed_output_text);
+            context.reversed_output_text = new_token;
+            re.find(&context.reversed_output_text).is_some()
         } else {
             false
         }
     }
 }
+
+fn reverse(s: String) -> String {
+    s.chars().rev().collect()
+}