diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 3cd402b..272359f 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -453,7 +453,9 @@ F: doc/guides/compressdevs/features/default.ini
 RegEx API - EXPERIMENTAL
 M: Ori Kam <orika@mellanox.com>
 F: lib/librte_regexdev/
+F: drivers/regex/
 F: doc/guides/prog_guide/regexdev.rst
+F: doc/guides/regexdevs/features/default.ini
 
 Eventdev API
 M: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>
@@ -1128,6 +1130,16 @@ F: doc/guides/compressdevs/zlib.rst
 F: doc/guides/compressdevs/features/zlib.ini
 
 
+RegEx Drivers
+------------------
+
+Mellanox MLX5
+M: Ori Kam <orika@mellanox.com>
+F: drivers/regex/mlx5/
+F: doc/guides/regexdevs/mlx5.rst
+F: doc/guides/regexdevs/features/mlx5.ini
+
+
 vDPA Drivers
 ------------
 T: git://dpdk.org/next/dpdk-next-virtio
diff --git a/config/common_base b/config/common_base
index f7a8824..f76585f 100644
--- a/config/common_base
+++ b/config/common_base
@@ -375,6 +375,11 @@ CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD=n
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_DEBUG=n
 
 #
+# Compile regex-oriented Mellanox PMD
+#
+CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_REGEX_PMD=n
+
+#
 # Compile vdpa-oriented Mellanox ConnectX-6 & BlueField (MLX5) PMD
 #
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_VDPA_PMD=n
diff --git a/doc/guides/index.rst b/doc/guides/index.rst
index 988c6ea..857f036 100644
--- a/doc/guides/index.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/index.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ DPDK documentation
    cryptodevs/index
    compressdevs/index
    vdpadevs/index
+   regexdevs/index
    eventdevs/index
    rawdevs/index
    mempool/index
diff --git a/doc/guides/regexdevs/features/default.ini b/doc/guides/regexdevs/features/default.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d284dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/regexdevs/features/default.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+;
+; Features of a default RegEx driver.
+;
+; This file defines the features that are valid for inclusion in
+; the other driver files and also the order that they appear in
+; the features table in the documentation. The feature description
+; string should not exceed feature_str_len defined in conf.py.
+;
+[Features]
+ARMv7                =
+ARMv8                =
+Power8               =
+x86-32               =
+x86-64               =
+Usage doc            =
+Design doc           =
+Perf doc             =
diff --git a/doc/guides/regexdevs/features/mlx5.ini b/doc/guides/regexdevs/features/mlx5.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa03d79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/regexdevs/features/mlx5.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+;
+; Supported features of the 'mlx5' RegEx driver.
+;
+; Refer to default.ini for the full list of available driver features.
+;
+[Features]
+ARMv8                = Y
+x86-32               = Y
+x86-64               = Y
+
diff --git a/doc/guides/regexdevs/features_overview.rst b/doc/guides/regexdevs/features_overview.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39c8e96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/regexdevs/features_overview.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+    Copyright 2020 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd
+
+Overview of RegEx Drivers Features
+==================================
+
+This section explains the supported features that are listed in the table below.
+
+Cross buffer
+  Support cross buffer detection.
+
+PCRE start anchor
+  Support PCRE start anchor.
+
+PCRE atomic grouping
+  Support PCRE atomic grouping.
+
+PCRE back reference
+  Support PCRE back regerence.
+
+PCRE back tracking ctrl
+  Support PCRE back tracking ctrl.
+
+PCRE call outs
+  Support PCRE call outes.
+
+PCRE forward reference
+  Support Forward reference.
+
+PCRE greedy
+  Support PCRE greedy mode.
+
+PCRE match all
+  Support PCRE match all.
+
+PCRE match as end
+  Support match as end.
+
+PCRE match point rst
+  Support PCRE match point reset directive.
+
+PCRE New line conventions
+  Support new line conventions.
+
+PCRE new line SEQ
+  Support new line sequence.
+
+PCRE look around
+  Support PCRE look around.
+
+PCRE possessive qualifiers
+  Support PCRE possessive qualifiers.
+
+PCRE subroutine references
+  Support PCRE subroutine references.
+
+PCRE UTF 8
+  Support UTF-8.
+
+PCRE UTF 16
+  Support UTF-16.
+
+PCRE UTF 32
+  Support UTF-32.
+
+PCRE word boundary
+  Support word boundaries.
+
+Run time compilation
+  Support compilation during run time.
+
+ARMv7
+  Support armv7 architecture.
+
+ARMv8
+  Support armv8a (64bit) architecture.
+
+Power8
+  Support PowerPC architecture.
+
+x86-32
+  Support 32bits x86 architecture.
+
+x86-64
+  Support 64bits x86 architecture.
+
+Usage doc
+  Documentation describes usage, In ``doc/guides/regexdevs/``.
+
+Design doc
+  Documentation describes design. In ``doc/guides/regexdevs/``.
+
+Perf doc
+  Documentation describes performance values, In ``doc/perf/``.
+
+.. note::
+
+   Most of the features capabilities should be provided by the drivers via the
+   next vDPA operations: ``get_features`` and ``get_protocol_features``.
+
+
+References
+==========
+
+  * `PCRE: PCRE patteren man page <https://www.pcre.org/original/doc/html/pcrepattern.html>`_
+
+
+Features Table
+==============
+
+.. _table_regex_pmd_features:
+
+.. include:: overview_feature_table.txt
+
+.. Note::
+
+   Features marked with "P" are partially supported. Refer to the appropriate
+   driver guide in the following sections for details.
diff --git a/doc/guides/regexdevs/index.rst b/doc/guides/regexdevs/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04d8723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/regexdevs/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+    Copyright 2020 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd
+
+REGEX Device Drivers
+====================
+
+The following are a list of RegEx (Regular Expression) device drivers,
+which can be used from an application through RegEx API.
+
+.. toctree::
+    :maxdepth: 2
+    :numbered:
+
+    features_overview
+    mlx5
diff --git a/doc/guides/regexdevs/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/regexdevs/mlx5.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39f3067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/regexdevs/mlx5.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+    Copyright 2020 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd
+
+.. include:: <isonum.txt>
+
+MLX5 RegEx driver
+=================
+
+The MLX5 RegEx (Regular Expression) driver library
+(**librte_pmd_mlx5_regex**) provides support for **Mellanox BlueField 2**
+families of 25/50/100/200 Gb/s adapters.
+
+.. note::
+
+   Due to external dependencies, this driver is disabled in default
+   configuration of the "make" build. It can be enabled with
+   ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_REGEX_PMD=y`` or by using "meson" build system which
+   will detect dependencies.
+
+
+Design
+------
+
+This PMD is configuring the RegEx HW engine.
+For the PMD to work, the application must supply
+a precompiled rule file in rof2 format.
+
+The PMD can use libibverbs and libmlx5 to access the device firmware
+or directly the hardware components.
+There are different levels of objects and bypassing abilities
+to get the best performances:
+
+- Verbs is a complete high-level generic API
+- Direct Verbs is a device-specific API
+- DevX allows to access firmware objects
+- Direct Rules manages flow steering at low-level hardware layer
+
+Enabling librte_pmd_mlx5_regex causes DPDK applications to be linked against
+libibverbs.
+
+A Mellanox mlx5 PCI device can be probed by either net/mlx5 driver or regex/mlx5
+driver but not in parallel. Hence, the user should decide the driver by dissabling
+the net device using ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD``.
+
+Supported NICs
+--------------
+
+* Mellanox\ |reg| BlueField 2 SmartNIC
+
+Prerequisites
+-------------
+
+- Mellanox OFED version: **5.0**
+  see :doc:`../../nics/mlx5` guide for more Mellanox OFED details.
+- Enable the RegEx caps using system call from the BlueField 2.
+  Contact Mellanox support for detail explanation.
+
+Compilation options
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+These options can be modified in the ``.config`` file.
+
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_REGEX_PMD`` (default **n**)
+
+  Toggle compilation of librte_pmd_mlx5 itself.
+
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_IBVERBS_LINK_DLOPEN`` (default **n**)
+
+  Build PMD with additional code to make it loadable without hard
+  dependencies on **libibverbs** nor **libmlx5**, which may not be installed
+  on the target system.
+
+  In this mode, their presence is still required for it to run properly,
+  however their absence won't prevent a DPDK application from starting (with
+  ``CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_SHARED_LIB`` disabled) and they won't show up as
+  missing with ``ldd(1)``.
+
+  It works by moving these dependencies to a purpose-built rdma-core "glue"
+  plug-in which must either be installed in a directory whose name is based
+  on ``CONFIG_RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH`` suffixed with ``-glue`` if set, or in a
+  standard location for the dynamic linker (e.g. ``/lib``) if left to the
+  default empty string (``""``).
+
+  This option has no performance impact.
+
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_IBVERBS_LINK_STATIC`` (default **n**)
+
+  Embed static flavor of the dependencies **libibverbs** and **libmlx5**
+  in the PMD shared library or the executable static binary.
+
+
+Run-time configuration
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- **ethtool** operations on related kernel interfaces also affect the PMD.
diff --git a/doc/guides/regexdevs/overview_feature_table.txt b/doc/guides/regexdevs/overview_feature_table.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38b580e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/regexdevs/overview_feature_table.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+   <style>
+      .wy-nav-content {
+         opacity: .99;
+      }
+      table#id1 {
+         cursor: default;
+         overflow: hidden;
+      }
+      table#id1 p {
+         margin: 0;
+         line-height: inherit;
+      }
+      table#id1 th, table#id1 td {
+         text-align: center;
+         border: solid 1px #ddd;
+      }
+      table#id1 th {
+         padding: 0.5em 0;
+      }
+      table#id1 th, table#id1 th p {
+         font-size: 11px;
+         white-space: pre-wrap;
+         vertical-align: top;
+         min-width: 0.9em;
+      }
+      table#id1 col:first-child {
+         width: 0;
+      }
+      table#id1 th:first-child {
+         vertical-align: bottom;
+      }
+      table#id1 td {
+         padding: 1px;
+      }
+      table#id1 td, table#id1 td p {
+         font-size: 11px;
+      }
+      table#id1 td:first-child {
+         padding-left: 1em;
+         text-align: left;
+      }
+      table#id1 tr:nth-child(2n-1) td {
+         background-color: rgba(210, 210, 210, 0.2);
+      }
+      table#id1 th:not(:first-child):hover,
+      table#id1 td:not(:first-child):hover {
+         position: relative;
+      }
+      table#id1 th:not(:first-child):hover::after,
+      table#id1 td:not(:first-child):hover::after {
+         content: '';
+         height: 6000px;
+         top: -3000px;
+         width: 100%;
+         left: 0;
+         position: absolute;
+         z-index: -1;
+         background-color: #ffb;
+      }
+      table#id1 tr:hover td {
+         background-color: #ffb;
+      }
+   </style>
+
+.. table:: Features availability in RegEx drivers
+
+   ========================== =
+   Feature                    m
+                              l
+                              x
+                              5
+   ========================== =
+   Cross buffer
+   PCRE start anchor
+   PCRE atomic grouping
+   PCRE back reference
+   PCRE back tracking ctrl
+   PCRE call outs
+   PCRE forward reference
+   PCRE greedy
+   PCRE match all
+   PCRE match as end
+   PCRE match point rst
+   PCRE new line conventions
+   PCRE new line SEQ
+   PCRE look around
+   PCRE possessive qualifiers
+   PCRE subroutine reference
+   PCRE UTF-8
+   PCRE UTF-16
+   PCRE UTF-32
+   PCRE word boundary
+   Run time compilation
+   ARMv7
+   ARMv8                      Y
+   Power8
+   x86-32                     Y
+   x86-64                     Y
+   Usage doc                  Y
+   Design doc                 Y
+   Perf doc
+   ========================== =
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
index 988474c..3154272 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ New Features
   Added the RegEx library which provides an API for offload of regular
   expressions search operations to hardware or software accelerator devices.
 
+* **Added the RegEx Library, a generic RegEx service library.**
+
+  Added Mellanox MLX5 RegEx PMD driver, which implements the RegEx library
+  and allows to offload RegEx searches.
+
 * **Updated PCAP driver.**
 
   Updated PCAP driver with new features and improvements, including:
diff --git a/drivers/Makefile b/drivers/Makefile
index c70bdf9..73a9a72 100644
--- a/drivers/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/Makefile
@@ -24,5 +24,7 @@ DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_EVENTDEV) += event
 DEPDIRS-event := common bus mempool net crypto
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_RAWDEV) += raw
 DEPDIRS-raw := common bus mempool net event
+DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_REGEXDEV) += regex
+DEPDIRS-regex := common
 
 include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.subdir.mk
diff --git a/drivers/common/Makefile b/drivers/common/Makefile
index df2e840..cbc7107 100644
--- a/drivers/common/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/common/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring y,$(IAVF-y)))
 DIRS-y += iavf
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(findstring y,$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD)$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_VDPA_PMD)),y)
+ifeq ($(findstring y,$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD)$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_VDPA_PMD)$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_REGEX_PMD)),y)
 DIRS-y += mlx5
 endif
 
diff --git a/drivers/common/mlx5/Makefile b/drivers/common/mlx5/Makefile
index f6c762b..5f12be3 100644
--- a/drivers/common/mlx5/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/common/mlx5/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LIB_GLUE_BASE = librte_pmd_mlx5_glue.so
 LIB_GLUE_VERSION = 20.02.0
 
 # Sources.
-ifeq ($(findstring y,$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD)$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_VDPA_PMD)),y)
+ifeq ($(findstring y,$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD)$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_VDPA_PMD)$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_REGEX_PMD)),y)
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_RTE_IBVERBS_LINK_DLOPEN),y)
 SRCS-y += linux/mlx5_glue.c
 endif
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ mlx5_autoconf.h: mlx5_autoconf.h.new
 		cmp '$<' '$@' $(AUTOCONF_OUTPUT) || \
 		mv '$<' '$@'
 
-ifeq ($(findstring y,$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD)$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_VDPA_PMD)),y)
+ifeq ($(findstring y,$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD)$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_VDPA_PMD)$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_REGEX_PMD)),y)
 $(SRCS-y:.c=.o): mlx5_autoconf.h
 endif
 
diff --git a/drivers/meson.build b/drivers/meson.build
index 161cfda..cebf9cd 100644
--- a/drivers/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/meson.build
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ dpdk_driver_classes = ['common',
 	       'compress', # depends on common, bus, mempool.
 	       'vdpa',    # depends on common, bus and mempool.
 	       'event',   # depends on common, bus, mempool and net.
-	       'baseband'] # depends on common and bus.
+	       'baseband', # depends on common and bus.
+	       'regex'] # depends on common, bus, regexdev.
 
 disabled_drivers = run_command(list_dir_globs, get_option('disable_drivers'),
 		).stdout().split()
diff --git a/drivers/regex/Makefile b/drivers/regex/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..906b205
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/regex/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright 2020 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd
+
+include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
+
+DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_REGEX_PMD) += mlx5
+
+include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.subdir.mk
diff --git a/drivers/regex/meson.build b/drivers/regex/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75522e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/regex/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright 2020 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd
+
+drivers = ['mlx5']
+std_deps = ['ethdev', 'kvargs'] # 'ethdev' also pulls in mbuf, net, eal etc
+std_deps += ['bus_pci']         # very many PMDs depend on PCI, so make std
+std_deps += ['bus_vdev']        # same with vdev bus
+config_flag_fmt = 'RTE_LIBRTE_@0@_PMD'
+driver_name_fmt = 'rte_pmd_@0@'
diff --git a/drivers/regex/mlx5/Makefile b/drivers/regex/mlx5/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a16ab2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/regex/mlx5/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright 2020 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd
+
+include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
+
+# Library name.
+LIB = librte_pmd_mlx5_regex.a
+
+# Sources.
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_REGEX_PMD) += mlx5_regex.c
+
+# Basic CFLAGS.
+CFLAGS += -O3
+CFLAGS += -std=c11 -Wall -Wextra
+CFLAGS += -g
+CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/common/mlx5
+CFLAGS += -I$(BUILDDIR)/drivers/common/mlx5
+CFLAGS += -D_BSD_SOURCE
+CFLAGS += -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE
+CFLAGS += -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600
+CFLAGS += $(WERROR_FLAGS)
+CFLAGS += -Wno-strict-prototypes
+LDLIBS += -lrte_common_mlx5
+LDLIBS += -lm
+LDLIBS += -lrte_eal -lrte_mbuf
+LDLIBS += -lrte_kvargs
+LDLIBS += -lrte_bus_pci
+
+# A few warnings cannot be avoided in external headers.
+CFLAGS += -Wno-error=cast-qual
+
+EXPORT_MAP := rte_pmd_mlx5_regex_version.map
+
+include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.lib.mk
diff --git a/drivers/regex/mlx5/meson.build b/drivers/regex/mlx5/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e31b34a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/regex/mlx5/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright 2020 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd
+
+if not is_linux
+	build = false
+	reason = 'only supported on Linux'
+	subdir_done()
+endif
+
+fmt_name = 'mlx5_regex'
+deps += ['common_mlx5', 'pci', 'bus_pci', 'eal', 'sched']
+sources = files(
+	'mlx5_regex.c',
+)
+cflags_options = [
+	'-std=c11',
+	'-Wno-strict-prototypes',
+	'-D_BSD_SOURCE',
+	'-D_DEFAULT_SOURCE',
+	'-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600'
+]
+foreach option:cflags_options
+	if cc.has_argument(option)
+		cflags += option
+	endif
+endforeach
+
+if get_option('buildtype').contains('debug')
+	cflags += [ '-pedantic', '-DPEDANTIC' ]
+else
+	cflags += [ '-UPEDANTIC' ]
+endif
diff --git a/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex.c b/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b942a75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex.c
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright 2020 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd
+ */
+
+#include "mlx5_regex.h"
diff --git a/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex.h b/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e0495c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright 2020 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd
+ */
+
+#ifndef MLX5_REGEX_H
+#define MLX5_REGEX_H
+
+#endif /* MLX5_REGEX_H */
diff --git a/drivers/regex/mlx5/rte_pmd_mlx5_regex_version.map b/drivers/regex/mlx5/rte_pmd_mlx5_regex_version.map
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a76d1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/regex/mlx5/rte_pmd_mlx5_regex_version.map
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+DPDK_21 {
+	local: *;
+};
diff --git a/mk/rte.app.mk b/mk/rte.app.mk
index 0ce8cf5..1b9551e 100644
--- a/mk/rte.app.mk
+++ b/mk/rte.app.mk
@@ -201,11 +201,12 @@ endif
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_LIO_PMD)        += -lrte_pmd_lio
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_MEMIF)      += -lrte_pmd_memif
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_PMD)       += -lrte_pmd_mlx4
-ifeq ($(findstring y,$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD)$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_VDPA_PMD)),y)
+ifeq ($(findstring y,$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD)$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_VDPA_PMD)$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_REGEX_PMD)),y)
 _LDLIBS-y                                   += -lrte_common_mlx5
 endif
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD)       += -lrte_pmd_mlx5
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_VDPA_PMD)  += -lrte_pmd_mlx5_vdpa
+_LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_REGEX_PMD)  += -lrte_pmd_mlx5_regex
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_IBVERBS_LINK_DLOPEN),y)
 _LDLIBS-y                                   += -ldl
 else ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_IBVERBS_LINK_STATIC),y)
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ _LDLIBS-y                                   += --no-whole-archive
 _LDLIBS-y                                   += $(LIBS_IBVERBS_STATIC)
 _LDLIBS-y                                   += --whole-archive
 else
-ifeq ($(findstring y,$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD)$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_VDPA_PMD)),y)
+ifeq ($(findstring y,$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD)$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_VDPA_PMD)$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_REGEX_PMD)),y)
 _LDLIBS-y                                   += -libverbs -lmlx5
 endif
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_PMD)       += -libverbs -lmlx4
