diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2f4203f39..e03c50c85 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3252,6 +3252,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "paste",
  "rand",
  "rayon",
+ "regex",
  "rustls",
  "serde",
  "serde_yaml",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 37f287f0f..1f0267bd9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ webpki-roots = { version = "0.25.0", optional = true }
 viuer = { version = "0.7.1", optional = true }
 num_cpus = "1.16.0"
 rayon = "1.8.0"
+regex = "1.10.0"
 
 [features]
 audio = ["hodaun", "crossbeam-channel", "lockfree"]
diff --git a/src/primitive/defs.rs b/src/primitive/defs.rs
index 9db7cbb07..527996242 100644
--- a/src/primitive/defs.rs
+++ b/src/primitive/defs.rs
@@ -1478,6 +1478,11 @@ primitive!(
     /// [under][now] can be used to time a function.
     /// ex: ⍜now(5&sl1)
     (0, Now, Misc, "now"),
+    /// Parse a regex pattern on a string
+    /// 
+    /// Returns an array of boxed string, with one string per matching group
+    /// ex: regex "([a-z]+)" "hello world"
+    (2, Regex, Misc, "regex"),
     /// The number of radians in a quarter circle
     ///
     /// Equivalent to `divide``2``pi` or `divide``4``tau`
diff --git a/src/primitive/mod.rs b/src/primitive/mod.rs
index dda169fb7..98aaabc3b 100644
--- a/src/primitive/mod.rs
+++ b/src/primitive/mod.rs
@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@ use std::{
     sync::{
         atomic::{self, AtomicUsize},
         OnceLock,
+        Arc
     },
+    collections::HashMap,
 };
 
 use enum_iterator::{all, Sequence};
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use rand::prelude::*;
+use regex::Regex;
 
 use crate::{
     algorithm::{fork, loops},
@@ -36,6 +39,10 @@ use crate::{
     Uiua, UiuaError, UiuaResult,
 };
 
+thread_local! {
+    pub static REGEX_CACHE: RefCell<HashMap<String, Regex>> = RefCell::new(HashMap::new());
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Sequence)]
 pub enum PrimClass {
     Stack,
@@ -573,6 +580,37 @@ impl Primitive {
             Primitive::InvTrace => trace(env, true)?,
             Primitive::Dump => dump(env)?,
             Primitive::Sys(io) => io.run(env)?,
+            Primitive::Regex => {
+                let pattern = env.pop(1)?.as_string(env, "Pattern must be a string")?;
+                let matching = env.pop(1)?.as_string(env, "Matching target must be a string")?;
+
+                let re = REGEX_CACHE.with(|cache_ref| {
+                    let mut cache = cache_ref.borrow_mut();
+                    let cached_pattern = cache.get(&pattern);
+                    if cached_pattern.is_none() {
+                        let regex = Regex::new(&pattern);
+                        if regex.is_ok() {
+                            cache.insert(pattern.clone(), regex.clone().unwrap());
+                        }
+                        regex
+                    } else {
+                        Ok(cached_pattern.unwrap().clone())
+                    }
+                });
+
+                if re.is_ok() {
+                    let matches = re.unwrap().find_iter(matching.as_str())
+                        .map(|m| Function::constant(m.as_str()).into())
+                        .reduce(|a, b| Value::join(a, b, env).unwrap());
+
+                    env.push(matches.unwrap_or(Array::<Arc<Function>>::default().into()));
+                } else {
+                    return Err(env.error(format!(
+                        "Invalid pattern: {}",
+                        pattern
+                    )))
+                }
+            }
         }
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/tests/units.ua b/tests/units.ua
index 5f5ea70ba..8944419ee 100644
--- a/tests/units.ua
+++ b/tests/units.ua
@@ -148,3 +148,9 @@ ParseOrZero ← ⍣parse⋅⋅0
 ⍤∶≅, 97 -@\0 @a
 ⍤∶≅, 27 -@\0 @\x1b
 ⍤∶≅, 4096 -@\0 @\u1000
+
+⍤. ↧⊙(≅ "hello" ⊔⊡0) ≅ "world" ⊔⊡1 . regex "([a-z]+)" "hello world"
+⍤. ↧⊙(≅ "hello" ⊔⊡0) ≅ "world" ⊔⊡1 . regex "([a-z]+)" "hello world"
+⍤. ≅ {} regex "([0-9]+)" "hello world"
+⍤. ⍣(regex "([a-z]" "hello world") (1;)
+