diff --git a/basis/pcre/pcre.factor b/basis/pcre/pcre.factor
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+USING:
+    alien alien.c-types alien.data alien.libraries alien.syntax
+    classes.struct
+    combinators
+    system ;
+IN: pcre
+
+<< {
+    { [ os unix? ] [ "libpcre" "libpcre.so" cdecl add-library ] }
+} cond >>
+
+STRUCT: pcre_extra
+    { flags int }
+    { study_data void* }
+    { match_limit long }
+    { callout_data void* }
+    { tables uchar* }
+    { match_limit_recursion int }
+    { mark uchar** } ;
+
+FUNCTION: void* pcre_compile ( c-string pattern,
+                               int options,
+                               char** errptr,
+                               int* erroffset,
+                               char* tableptr ) ;
+
+FUNCTION: int pcre_info ( void* pcre, int* optptr, int* first_byte ) ;
+
+FUNCTION: pcre_extra* pcre_study ( void* pcre, int options, char** errptr ) ;
+
+FUNCTION: c-string pcre_version ( ) ;
+
+FUNCTION: uchar* pcre_maketables ( ) ;
+
+: <pcre> ( expr -- pcre err-message err-offset )
+    0 { c-string int } [ f pcre_compile ] with-out-parameters ;
+
+: info ( pcre -- x x x )
+    { int int } [ pcre_info ] with-out-parameters ;
+
+: study ( pcre -- pcre-extra err-message )
+    0 { c-string } [ pcre_study ] with-out-parameters ;