diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/DatePicker/DatePicker-story.js b/packages/react/src/components/DatePicker/DatePicker-story.js
index 7b4bb519e780..75d9f4ff83b3 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/DatePicker/DatePicker-story.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/DatePicker/DatePicker-story.js
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ const datePickerOnChangeActions = decorateAction([
 ]);
 
 const patterns = {
-  'Short (d{1,2}/d{4})': 'd{1,2}/d{4}',
-  'Regular (d{1,2}/d{1,2}/d{4})': 'd{1,2}/d{1,2}/d{4}',
+  'Short (d{1,2}/d{4})': '\\d{1,2}/\\d{4}',
+  'Regular (d{1,2}/d{1,2}/d{4})': '\\d{1,2}/\\d{1,2}/\\d{4}',
 };
 
 const props = {
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/DatePickerInput/DatePickerInput.js b/packages/react/src/components/DatePickerInput/DatePickerInput.js
index d7c63d311f95..e9bcc78ad2aa 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/DatePickerInput/DatePickerInput.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/DatePickerInput/DatePickerInput.js
@@ -30,6 +30,48 @@ export default class DatePickerInput extends Component {
      * control
      */
     labelText: PropTypes.node.isRequired,
+
+    /**
+     * Provide a regular expression that the input value must match
+     */
+    pattern: (props, propName, componentName) => {
+      if (props[propName] === undefined) {
+        return;
+      }
+      try {
+        new RegExp(props[propName]);
+      } catch (e) {
+        return new Error(
+          `Invalid value of prop '${propName}' supplied to '${componentName}', it should be a valid regular expression`
+        );
+      }
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Specify the type of the <input>
+     */
+    type: PropTypes.string,
+
+    /**
+     * Specify whether or not the input should be disabled
+     */
+    disabled: PropTypes.bool,
+
+    /**
+     * Specify whether or not the input should be invalid
+     */
+    invalid: PropTypes.bool,
+
+    /**
+     * Provide a function to be called when the input field is clicked
+     */
+    onClick: PropTypes.func,
+
+    /**
+     * Specify an `onChange` handler that is called whenever a change in the
+     * input field has occurred
+     */
+    onChange: PropTypes.func,
   };
 
   static defaultProps = {