--- a/src/core/ngx_regex.c
+++ b/src/core/ngx_regex.c
@@ -18,8 +18,13 @@ typedef struct {
 static ngx_inline void ngx_regex_malloc_init(ngx_pool_t *pool);
 static ngx_inline void ngx_regex_malloc_done(void);
 
+#if (NGX_PCRE2)
+static void * ngx_libc_cdecl ngx_regex_malloc(size_t size, void *data);
+static void ngx_libc_cdecl ngx_regex_free(void *p, void *data);
+#else
 static void * ngx_libc_cdecl ngx_regex_malloc(size_t size);
 static void ngx_libc_cdecl ngx_regex_free(void *p);
+#endif
 static void ngx_regex_cleanup(void *data);
 
 static ngx_int_t ngx_regex_module_init(ngx_cycle_t *cycle);
@@ -67,15 +72,24 @@ ngx_module_t  ngx_regex_module = {
 };
 
 
-static ngx_pool_t  *ngx_regex_pool;
-static ngx_list_t  *ngx_regex_studies;
+static ngx_pool_t             *ngx_regex_pool;
+static ngx_list_t             *ngx_regex_studies;
+static ngx_uint_t              ngx_regex_direct_alloc;
+
+#if (NGX_PCRE2)
+static pcre2_compile_context  *ngx_regex_compile_context;
+static pcre2_match_data       *ngx_regex_match_data;
+static ngx_uint_t              ngx_regex_match_data_size;
+#endif
 
 
 void
 ngx_regex_init(void)
 {
+#if !(NGX_PCRE2)
     pcre_malloc = ngx_regex_malloc;
     pcre_free = ngx_regex_free;
+#endif
 }
 
 
@@ -83,6 +97,7 @@ static ngx_inline void
 ngx_regex_malloc_init(ngx_pool_t *pool)
 {
     ngx_regex_pool = pool;
+    ngx_regex_direct_alloc = (pool == NULL) ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
 
@@ -90,9 +105,146 @@ static ngx_inline void
 ngx_regex_malloc_done(void)
 {
     ngx_regex_pool = NULL;
+    ngx_regex_direct_alloc = 0;
 }
 
 
+#if (NGX_PCRE2)
+
+ngx_int_t
+ngx_regex_compile(ngx_regex_compile_t *rc)
+{
+    int                     n, errcode;
+    char                   *p;
+    u_char                  errstr[128];
+    size_t                  erroff;
+    pcre2_code             *re;
+    ngx_regex_elt_t        *elt;
+    pcre2_general_context  *gctx;
+    pcre2_compile_context  *cctx;
+
+    if (ngx_regex_compile_context == NULL) {
+        /*
+         * Allocate a compile context if not yet allocated.  This uses
+         * direct allocations from heap, so the result can be cached
+         * even at runtime.
+         */
+
+        ngx_regex_malloc_init(NULL);
+
+        gctx = pcre2_general_context_create(ngx_regex_malloc, ngx_regex_free,
+                                            NULL);
+        if (gctx == NULL) {
+            ngx_regex_malloc_done();
+            goto nomem;
+        }
+
+        cctx = pcre2_compile_context_create(gctx);
+        if (cctx == NULL) {
+            pcre2_general_context_free(gctx);
+            ngx_regex_malloc_done();
+            goto nomem;
+        }
+
+        ngx_regex_compile_context = cctx;
+
+        pcre2_general_context_free(gctx);
+        ngx_regex_malloc_done();
+    }
+
+    ngx_regex_malloc_init(rc->pool);
+
+    re = pcre2_compile(rc->pattern.data, rc->pattern.len,
+                       (uint32_t) rc->options, &errcode, &erroff,
+                       ngx_regex_compile_context);
+
+    /* ensure that there is no current pool */
+    ngx_regex_malloc_done();
+
+    if (re == NULL) {
+        pcre2_get_error_message(errcode, errstr, 128);
+
+        if ((size_t) erroff == rc->pattern.len) {
+            rc->err.len = ngx_snprintf(rc->err.data, rc->err.len,
+                              "pcre2_compile() failed: %s in \"%V\"",
+                               errstr, &rc->pattern)
+                          - rc->err.data;
+
+        } else {
+            rc->err.len = ngx_snprintf(rc->err.data, rc->err.len,
+                              "pcre2_compile() failed: %s in \"%V\" at \"%s\"",
+                               errstr, &rc->pattern, rc->pattern.data + erroff)
+                          - rc->err.data;
+        }
+
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    rc->regex = re;
+
+    /* do not study at runtime */
+
+    if (ngx_regex_studies != NULL) {
+        elt = ngx_list_push(ngx_regex_studies);
+        if (elt == NULL) {
+            goto nomem;
+        }
+
+        elt->regex = rc->regex;
+        elt->name = rc->pattern.data;
+    }
+
+    n = pcre2_pattern_info(re, PCRE2_INFO_CAPTURECOUNT, &rc->captures);
+    if (n < 0) {
+        p = "pcre2_pattern_info(\"%V\", PCRE2_INFO_CAPTURECOUNT) failed: %d";
+        goto failed;
+    }
+
+    if (rc->captures == 0) {
+        return NGX_OK;
+    }
+
+    n = pcre2_pattern_info(re, PCRE2_INFO_NAMECOUNT, &rc->named_captures);
+    if (n < 0) {
+        p = "pcre2_pattern_info(\"%V\", PCRE2_INFO_NAMECOUNT) failed: %d";
+        goto failed;
+    }
+
+    if (rc->named_captures == 0) {
+        return NGX_OK;
+    }
+
+    n = pcre2_pattern_info(re, PCRE2_INFO_NAMEENTRYSIZE, &rc->name_size);
+    if (n < 0) {
+        p = "pcre2_pattern_info(\"%V\", PCRE2_INFO_NAMEENTRYSIZE) failed: %d";
+        goto failed;
+    }
+
+    n = pcre2_pattern_info(re, PCRE2_INFO_NAMETABLE, &rc->names);
+    if (n < 0) {
+        p = "pcre2_pattern_info(\"%V\", PCRE2_INFO_NAMETABLE) failed: %d";
+        goto failed;
+    }
+
+    return NGX_OK;
+
+failed:
+
+    rc->err.len = ngx_snprintf(rc->err.data, rc->err.len, p, &rc->pattern, n)
+                  - rc->err.data;
+    return NGX_ERROR;
+
+nomem:
+
+    rc->err.len = ngx_snprintf(rc->err.data, rc->err.len,
+                               "regex \"%V\" compilation failed: no memory",
+                               &rc->pattern)
+                  - rc->err.data;
+    return NGX_ERROR;
+}
+
+#else
+
 ngx_int_t
 ngx_regex_compile(ngx_regex_compile_t *rc)
 {
@@ -195,6 +347,74 @@ nomem:
     return NGX_ERROR;
 }
 
+#endif
+
+
+#if (NGX_PCRE2)
+
+ngx_int_t
+ngx_regex_exec(ngx_regex_t *re, ngx_str_t *s, int *captures, ngx_uint_t size)
+{
+    size_t      *ov;
+    ngx_int_t    rc;
+    ngx_uint_t   n, i;
+
+    /*
+     * The pcre2_match() function might allocate memory for backtracking
+     * frames, typical allocations are from 40k and above.  So the allocator
+     * is configured to do direct allocations from heap during matching.
+     */
+
+    ngx_regex_malloc_init(NULL);
+
+    if (ngx_regex_match_data == NULL
+        || size > ngx_regex_match_data_size)
+    {
+        /*
+         * Allocate a match data if not yet allocated or smaller than
+         * needed.
+         */
+
+        if (ngx_regex_match_data) {
+            pcre2_match_data_free(ngx_regex_match_data);
+        }
+
+        ngx_regex_match_data_size = size;
+        ngx_regex_match_data = pcre2_match_data_create(size / 3, NULL);
+
+        if (ngx_regex_match_data == NULL) {
+            rc = PCRE2_ERROR_NOMEMORY;
+            goto failed;
+        }
+    }
+
+    rc = pcre2_match(re, s->data, s->len, 0, 0, ngx_regex_match_data, NULL);
+
+    if (rc < 0) {
+        goto failed;
+    }
+
+    n = pcre2_get_ovector_count(ngx_regex_match_data);
+    ov = pcre2_get_ovector_pointer(ngx_regex_match_data);
+
+    if (n > size / 3) {
+        n = size / 3;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+        captures[i * 2] = ov[i * 2];
+        captures[i * 2 + 1] = ov[i * 2 + 1];
+    }
+
+failed:
+
+    ngx_regex_malloc_done();
+
+    return rc;
+}
+
+#endif
+
 
 ngx_int_t
 ngx_regex_exec_array(ngx_array_t *a, ngx_str_t *s, ngx_log_t *log)
@@ -229,6 +449,35 @@ ngx_regex_exec_array(ngx_array_t *a, ngx
 }
 
 
+#if (NGX_PCRE2)
+
+static void * ngx_libc_cdecl
+ngx_regex_malloc(size_t size, void *data)
+{
+    if (ngx_regex_pool) {
+        return ngx_palloc(ngx_regex_pool, size);
+    }
+
+    if (ngx_regex_direct_alloc) {
+        return ngx_alloc(size, ngx_cycle->log);
+    }
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+
+static void ngx_libc_cdecl
+ngx_regex_free(void *p, void *data)
+{
+    if (ngx_regex_direct_alloc) {
+        ngx_free(p);
+    }
+
+    return;
+}
+
+#else
+
 static void * ngx_libc_cdecl
 ngx_regex_malloc(size_t size)
 {
@@ -246,11 +495,13 @@ ngx_regex_free(void *p)
     return;
 }
 
+#endif
+
 
 static void
 ngx_regex_cleanup(void *data)
 {
-#if (NGX_HAVE_PCRE_JIT)
+#if (NGX_PCRE2 || NGX_HAVE_PCRE_JIT)
     ngx_regex_conf_t *rcf = data;
 
     ngx_uint_t        i;
@@ -275,12 +526,17 @@ ngx_regex_cleanup(void *data)
         /*
          * The PCRE JIT compiler uses mmap for its executable codes, so we
          * have to explicitly call the pcre_free_study() function to free
-         * this memory.
+         * this memory.  In PCRE2, we call the pcre2_code_free() function
+         * for the same reason.
          */
 
+#if (NGX_PCRE2)
+        pcre2_code_free(elts[i].regex);
+#else
         if (elts[i].regex->extra != NULL) {
             pcre_free_study(elts[i].regex->extra);
         }
+#endif
     }
 #endif
 
@@ -290,6 +546,26 @@ ngx_regex_cleanup(void *data)
      */
 
     ngx_regex_studies = NULL;
+
+#if (NGX_PCRE2)
+
+    /*
+     * Free compile context and match data.  If needed at runtime by
+     * the new cycle, these will be re-allocated.
+     */
+
+    if (ngx_regex_compile_context) {
+        pcre2_compile_context_free(ngx_regex_compile_context);
+        ngx_regex_compile_context = NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (ngx_regex_match_data) {
+        pcre2_match_data_free(ngx_regex_match_data);
+        ngx_regex_match_data = NULL;
+        ngx_regex_match_data_size = 0;
+    }
+
+#endif
 }
 
 
@@ -297,7 +573,9 @@ static ngx_int_t
 ngx_regex_module_init(ngx_cycle_t *cycle)
 {
     int                opt;
+#if !(NGX_PCRE2)
     const char        *errstr;
+#endif
     ngx_uint_t         i;
     ngx_list_part_t   *part;
     ngx_regex_elt_t   *elts;
@@ -307,10 +585,16 @@ ngx_regex_module_init(ngx_cycle_t *cycle
 
     rcf = (ngx_regex_conf_t *) ngx_get_conf(cycle->conf_ctx, ngx_regex_module);
 
-#if (NGX_HAVE_PCRE_JIT)
+#if (NGX_PCRE2 || NGX_HAVE_PCRE_JIT)
+
     if (rcf->pcre_jit) {
+#if (NGX_PCRE2)
+        opt = 1;
+#else
         opt = PCRE_STUDY_JIT_COMPILE;
+#endif
     }
+
 #endif
 
     ngx_regex_malloc_init(cycle->pool);
@@ -330,6 +614,23 @@ ngx_regex_module_init(ngx_cycle_t *cycle
             i = 0;
         }
 
+#if (NGX_PCRE2)
+
+        if (opt) {
+            int  n;
+
+            n = pcre2_jit_compile(elts[i].regex, PCRE2_JIT_COMPLETE);
+
+            if (n != 0) {
+                ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_INFO, cycle->log, 0,
+                              "pcre2_jit_compile() failed: %d in \"%s\", "
+                              "ignored",
+                              n, elts[i].name);
+            }
+        }
+
+#else
+
         elts[i].regex->extra = pcre_study(elts[i].regex->code, opt, &errstr);
 
         if (errstr != NULL) {
@@ -353,11 +654,15 @@ ngx_regex_module_init(ngx_cycle_t *cycle
             }
         }
 #endif
+#endif
     }
 
     ngx_regex_malloc_done();
 
     ngx_regex_studies = NULL;
+#if (NGX_PCRE2)
+    ngx_regex_compile_context = NULL;
+#endif
 
     return NGX_OK;
 }
@@ -415,7 +720,21 @@ ngx_regex_pcre_jit(ngx_conf_t *cf, void 
         return NGX_CONF_OK;
     }
 
-#if (NGX_HAVE_PCRE_JIT)
+#if (NGX_PCRE2)
+    {
+    int       r;
+    uint32_t  jit;
+
+    jit = 0;
+    r = pcre2_config(PCRE2_CONFIG_JIT, &jit);
+
+    if (r != 0 || jit != 1) {
+        ngx_conf_log_error(NGX_LOG_WARN, cf, 0,
+                           "PCRE2 library does not support JIT");
+        *fp = 0;
+    }
+    }
+#elif (NGX_HAVE_PCRE_JIT)
     {
     int  jit, r;