diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 569129be7..17864c6cf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ OPTION( WITH_JASPER "Enable jasper (jpeg2k) support" OFF )
 OPTION( WITH_OPENEXR "Enable openexr support" OFF )
 OPTION( WITH_UTEMPTER "Use utempter for utmp management" OFF )
 OPTION( WITH_AVAHI "Enable AVAHI support" OFF )
+OPTION( WITH_PCRE "Enable pcre regex support for kjs" ON )
 
 OPTION( WITH_ASPELL "Enable aspell support" OFF )
 OPTION( WITH_HSPELL "Enable hspell support" OFF )
@@ -715,6 +716,16 @@ if( WITH_AVAHI )
   endif( WITH_QT3 )
 endif( )
 
+##### check for pcre ###########################
+
+if( WITH_PCRE )
+  pkg_search_module( LIBPCRE libpcre )
+  if( NOT LIBPCRE_FOUND )
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "\npcre support are requested, but not found on your system" )
+  endif( NOT LIBPCRE_FOUND )
+  set( HAVE_PCREPOSIX 1 )
+endif( )
+
 ##### check for aspell ##########################
 # we need ASPELL_DATADIR too
 
diff --git a/config.h.cmake b/config.h.cmake
index 99562b3a6..eb1a70ea7 100644
--- a/config.h.cmake
+++ b/config.h.cmake
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
 #cmakedefine HAVE_PATHS_H 1
 
 /* Define if you have pcreposix libraries and header files. */
-#undef HAVE_PCREPOSIX
+#cmakedefine HAVE_PCREPOSIX 1
 
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `poll' function. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_POLL 1
diff --git a/kjs/CMakeLists.txt b/kjs/CMakeLists.txt
index 953953684..73dbec835 100644
--- a/kjs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kjs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ include_directories(
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
   ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
   ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/kdecore
+  ${LIBPCRE_INCLUDEDIR}
 )
 
 link_directories(
   ${TQT_LIBRARY_DIRS}
+  ${LIBPCRE_LIBDIR}
 )
 
 
@@ -59,6 +61,6 @@ tde_add_lut( keywords.table lexer.lut.h lexer.cpp )
 tde_add_library( ${target} SHARED
   SOURCES ${${target}_SRCS}
   VERSION 1.2.0
-  LINK kdecore-shared
+  LINK kdecore-shared ${LIBPCRE_LIBRARIES}
   DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}
 )