diff --git a/include/wx/regex.h b/include/wx/regex.h
index 536fbc2bf2..e94714a055 100644
--- a/include/wx/regex.h
+++ b/include/wx/regex.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #if wxUSE_REGEX
 
 #include "wx/string.h"
+#include "wx/versioninfo.h"
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // constants
@@ -148,6 +149,9 @@ public:
     // return the extended RE corresponding to the given basic RE
     static wxString ConvertFromBasic(const wxString& bre);
 
+    // return version information for the underlying regex library
+    static wxVersionInfo GetLibraryVersionInfo();
+
     // dtor not virtual, don't derive from this class
     ~wxRegEx();
 
diff --git a/interface/wx/regex.h b/interface/wx/regex.h
index 711cb3d673..2578fd9723 100644
--- a/interface/wx/regex.h
+++ b/interface/wx/regex.h
@@ -360,5 +360,17 @@ public:
         @since 3.1.6
      */
     static wxString ConvertFromBasic(const wxString& bre);
+
+    /**
+        Return the version of PCRE used.
+
+        The returned wxVersionInfo object currently always has its micro
+        version component set to 0, as PCRE uses only major and minor version
+        components. Its description component contains the version number,
+        release date and, for pre-release PCRE versions, a mention of it.
+
+        @since 3.1.6
+     */
+    static wxVersionInfo GetLibraryVersionInfo();
 };
 
diff --git a/src/common/regex.cpp b/src/common/regex.cpp
index 4a772141ec..7deddcbb02 100644
--- a/src/common/regex.cpp
+++ b/src/common/regex.cpp
@@ -1494,4 +1494,13 @@ wxString wxRegEx::QuoteMeta(const wxString& str)
     return strEscaped;
 }
 
+/* static */
+wxVersionInfo wxRegEx::GetLibraryVersionInfo()
+{
+    wxRegChar buf[64];
+    pcre2_config(PCRE2_CONFIG_VERSION, buf);
+
+    return wxVersionInfo("PCRE2", PCRE2_MAJOR, PCRE2_MINOR, 0, buf);
+}
+
 #endif // wxUSE_REGEX
diff --git a/tests/regex/wxregextest.cpp b/tests/regex/wxregextest.cpp
index 4bc6463f06..ce5721d4b0 100644
--- a/tests/regex/wxregextest.cpp
+++ b/tests/regex/wxregextest.cpp
@@ -196,4 +196,13 @@ TEST_CASE("wxRegEx::Unicode", "[regex][unicode]")
     CHECK( re.GetMatch(cyrillicSmallA) == cyrillicSmallA );
 }
 
+// This pseudo test can be used just to see the version of PCRE being used.
+TEST_CASE("wxRegEx::GetLibraryVersionInfo", "[.]")
+{
+    const wxVersionInfo ver = wxRegEx::GetLibraryVersionInfo();
+    WARN("Using " << ver.GetName() << " " << ver.GetDescription()
+                  << " (major=" << ver.GetMajor()
+                  << ", minor=" << ver.GetMinor() << ")");
+}
+
 #endif // wxUSE_REGEX