diff --git a/repos/dde_linux/run/wg_fetchurl.run b/repos/dde_linux/run/wg_fetchurl.run
index 75035b5db0..5c43fbe5ad 100644
--- a/repos/dde_linux/run/wg_fetchurl.run
+++ b/repos/dde_linux/run/wg_fetchurl.run
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import_from_depot [depot_user]/src/libc \
                   [depot_user]/src/libssh \
                   [depot_user]/src/lighttpd \
                   [depot_user]/src/openssl \
+                  [depot_user]/src/pcre \
                   [depot_user]/src/posix \
                   [depot_user]/src/vfs \
                   [depot_user]/src/vfs_lwip \
diff --git a/repos/dde_linux/run/wg_lighttpd.run b/repos/dde_linux/run/wg_lighttpd.run
index 383ce7bc5e..6764e6afa3 100644
--- a/repos/dde_linux/run/wg_lighttpd.run
+++ b/repos/dde_linux/run/wg_lighttpd.run
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import_from_depot [depot_user]/src/[base_src] \
                   [depot_user]/src/libssh \
                   [depot_user]/src/lighttpd \
                   [depot_user]/src/openssl \
+                  [depot_user]/src/pcre \
                   [depot_user]/src/posix \
                   [depot_user]/src/vfs \
                   [depot_user]/src/vfs_lwip \
diff --git a/repos/dde_linux/run/wg_reconfig.run b/repos/dde_linux/run/wg_reconfig.run
index 47d556b2e5..32f7a8c1fa 100644
--- a/repos/dde_linux/run/wg_reconfig.run
+++ b/repos/dde_linux/run/wg_reconfig.run
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import_from_depot [depot_user]/src/libc \
                   [depot_user]/src/libssh \
                   [depot_user]/src/lighttpd \
                   [depot_user]/src/openssl \
+                  [depot_user]/src/pcre \
                   [depot_user]/src/posix \
                   [depot_user]/src/vfs \
                   [depot_user]/src/vfs_lwip \
diff --git a/repos/dde_linux/run/wg_reconnect.run b/repos/dde_linux/run/wg_reconnect.run
index 191a969e82..49eaf88fa3 100644
--- a/repos/dde_linux/run/wg_reconnect.run
+++ b/repos/dde_linux/run/wg_reconnect.run
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ lappend depot_archives [depot_user]/src/openssl
 lappend depot_archives [depot_user]/src/lighttpd
 lappend depot_archives [depot_user]/src/nic_router
 lappend depot_archives [depot_user]/src/openssl
+lappend depot_archives [depot_user]/src/pcre
 lappend depot_archives [depot_user]/src/posix
 lappend depot_archives [depot_user]/src/report_rom
 lappend depot_archives [depot_user]/src/[rtc_binary_name]
diff --git a/repos/ports/recipes/pkg/lighttpd/archives b/repos/ports/recipes/pkg/lighttpd/archives
index f0cfb596ae..d6a4872f2f 100644
--- a/repos/ports/recipes/pkg/lighttpd/archives
+++ b/repos/ports/recipes/pkg/lighttpd/archives
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 _/src/libc
 _/src/lighttpd
 _/src/openssl
+_/src/pcre
 _/src/posix
 _/src/vfs
 _/src/vfs_jitterentropy
diff --git a/repos/ports/recipes/pkg/lighttpd/runtime b/repos/ports/recipes/pkg/lighttpd/runtime
index a7c545b811..a400c9de47 100644
--- a/repos/ports/recipes/pkg/lighttpd/runtime
+++ b/repos/ports/recipes/pkg/lighttpd/runtime
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ dir-listing.activate = "enable"
 		<rom label="libm.lib.so"/>
 		<rom label="libssl.lib.so"/>
 		<rom label="lighttpd"/>
+		<rom label="pcre.lib.so"/>
 		<rom label="posix.lib.so"/>
 		<rom label="vfs.lib.so"/>
 		<rom label="vfs_jitterentropy.lib.so"/>
diff --git a/repos/ports/recipes/src/lighttpd/used_apis b/repos/ports/recipes/src/lighttpd/used_apis
index a983e21fac..9a2a287fe2 100644
--- a/repos/ports/recipes/src/lighttpd/used_apis
+++ b/repos/ports/recipes/src/lighttpd/used_apis
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 libc
+pcre
 posix
 openssl
 zlib
diff --git a/repos/ports/run/genode_org.run b/repos/ports/run/genode_org.run
index 4c2a0b1506..fba3eaeb2a 100644
--- a/repos/ports/run/genode_org.run
+++ b/repos/ports/run/genode_org.run
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import_from_depot [depot_user]/src/[base_src] \
                   [depot_user]/src/libssh \
                   [depot_user]/src/lighttpd \
                   [depot_user]/src/openssl \
+                  [depot_user]/src/pcre \
                   [depot_user]/src/posix \
                   [depot_user]/src/vfs \
                   [depot_user]/src/vfs_lwip \
diff --git a/repos/ports/run/lighttpd.run b/repos/ports/run/lighttpd.run
index 64d4350afe..174dd2b700 100644
--- a/repos/ports/run/lighttpd.run
+++ b/repos/ports/run/lighttpd.run
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import_from_depot [depot_user]/src/[base_src] \
                   [depot_user]/src/libssh \
                   [depot_user]/src/lighttpd \
                   [depot_user]/src/openssl \
+                  [depot_user]/src/pcre \
                   [depot_user]/src/posix \
                   [depot_user]/src/vfs \
                   [depot_user]/src/vfs_jitterentropy \
diff --git a/repos/ports/run/lighttpd_fetchurl.run b/repos/ports/run/lighttpd_fetchurl.run
index 4dfef0829e..e290d9ed5a 100644
--- a/repos/ports/run/lighttpd_fetchurl.run
+++ b/repos/ports/run/lighttpd_fetchurl.run
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import_from_depot [depot_user]/src/[base_src] \
                   [depot_user]/src/fetchurl \
                   [depot_user]/src/curl \
                   [depot_user]/src/openssl \
+                  [depot_user]/src/pcre \
                   [depot_user]/src/posix \
                   [depot_user]/src/vfs \
                   [depot_user]/src/vfs_[ip_stack] \
diff --git a/repos/ports/src/app/lighttpd/target.inc b/repos/ports/src/app/lighttpd/target.inc
index 88ac7b5211..0b0d94fcfc 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/app/lighttpd/target.inc
+++ b/repos/ports/src/app/lighttpd/target.inc
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ CC_OPT += -DHAVE_SYS_WAIT_H -DHAVE_SYS_UN_H -DHAVE_MMAP -DHAVE_SYS_MMAN_H -DHAVE
 CC_OPT += -DHAVE_WRITEV -DUSE_WRITEV
 CC_OPT += -DHAVE_TIMEGM -DHAVE_UNISTD_H -DHAVE_SYS_TIME_H
 CC_OPT += -DHAVE_LIBSSL -DHAVE_OPENSSL_SSL_H
+CC_OPT += -DHAVE_PCRE_H
 CC_OPT += -DSBIN_DIR="\"/sbin\""
 CC_OPT += -DPACKAGE_NAME="\"lighttpd\""
 CC_OPT += -DLIGHTTPD_VERSION_ID='($(LIGHTTPD_MAIN) << 16 | $(LIGHTTPD_MAJOR) << 8 | $(LIGHTTPD_MINOR))'
diff --git a/repos/ports/src/app/lighttpd/target.mk b/repos/ports/src/app/lighttpd/target.mk
index 0f292930fd..5e37ed88d7 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/app/lighttpd/target.mk
+++ b/repos/ports/src/app/lighttpd/target.mk
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ TARGET = lighttpd
 
 include $(REP_DIR)/src/app/lighttpd/target.inc
 
-LIBS += libc libm
+LIBS += libc libm pcre
 
 CC_CXX_WARN_STRICT =