diff --git a/slimt/Regex.cc b/slimt/Regex.cc
index be1ad05e..33c85292 100644
--- a/slimt/Regex.cc
+++ b/slimt/Regex.cc
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 namespace slimt {
 
-Regex::Regex(const std::string& pattern, uint32_t options)
+Regex::Regex(const std::string& pattern, uint32_t options, uint32_t jit_options)
     : re_(pcre2_compile(PCRE2_SPTR(pattern.c_str()), /* the pattern */
                         PCRE2_ZERO_TERMINATED, /* pattern is zero-terminated */
                         options,               /* options */
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ Regex::Regex(const std::string& pattern, uint32_t options)
                         &error_offset_,        /* for error offset */
                         nullptr))              /* use default compile context */
 {
+  uint32_t have_jit;
+  pcre2_config(PCRE2_CONFIG_JIT, &have_jit);
+  if (have_jit) {
+    pcre2_jit_compile(re_, jit_options);
+  }
+
   pattern_ = pattern;
 }
 
diff --git a/slimt/Regex.hh b/slimt/Regex.hh
index f55566b2..d0adac05 100644
--- a/slimt/Regex.hh
+++ b/slimt/Regex.hh
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ class Match;
 class Regex {
  public:
   Regex(const std::string& pattern,  // pattern to be compiled
-        uint32_t options             // pcre2 options for regex compilation
-  );
+        uint32_t options,            // pcre2 options for regex compilation
+        uint32_t jit_options =
+            PCRE2_JIT_COMPLETE);  // options for jit compilation
   ~Regex();
 
   int find(std::string_view subj,  // the string (view) agains we are matching