diff --git a/include/ada.h b/include/ada.h
index 7c579d95d..30a884fe9 100644
--- a/include/ada.h
+++ b/include/ada.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "ada/url_pattern-inl.h"
 #include "ada/url_pattern_helpers.h"
 #include "ada/url_pattern_helpers-inl.h"
+#include "ada/url_pattern_regex.h"
 
 // Public API
 #include "ada/ada_version.h"
diff --git a/include/ada/implementation.h b/include/ada/implementation.h
index 33bf67978..117b0ff6b 100644
--- a/include/ada/implementation.h
+++ b/include/ada/implementation.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "ada/url.h"
 #include "ada/state.h"
 #include "ada/url_aggregator.h"
+#include "ada/url_pattern_regex.h"
 
 namespace ada {
 enum class errors : uint8_t { type_error };
@@ -56,12 +57,15 @@ bool can_parse(std::string_view input,
  * @param input valid UTF-8 string or URLPatternInit struct
  * @param base_url an optional valid UTF-8 string
  * @param options an optional url_pattern_options struct
+ * @param regex_provider an optional regex provider. if not provided, it will
+ * use ada::url_pattern_regex::std_regex_provider
  * @return url_pattern instance
  */
 ada_warn_unused tl::expected<url_pattern, errors> parse_url_pattern(
     std::variant<std::string_view, url_pattern_init> input,
     const std::string_view* base_url = nullptr,
-    const url_pattern_options* options = nullptr);
+    const url_pattern_options* options = nullptr,
+    std::optional<url_pattern_regex::provider> regex_provider = std::nullopt);
 
 /**
  * Computes a href string from a file path. The function assumes
diff --git a/include/ada/parser.h b/include/ada/parser.h
index 80e97decc..60bf69122 100644
--- a/include/ada/parser.h
+++ b/include/ada/parser.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <variant>
 
 #include "ada/expected.h"
+#include "ada/url_pattern_regex.h"
 
 /**
  * @private
@@ -53,7 +54,8 @@ extern template url parse_url_impl<url>(std::string_view user_input,
 
 tl::expected<url_pattern, errors> parse_url_pattern_impl(
     std::variant<std::string_view, url_pattern_init> input,
-    const std::string_view* base_url, const url_pattern_options* options);
+    const std::string_view* base_url, const url_pattern_options* options,
+    url_pattern_regex::provider&& regex_provider);
 
 }  // namespace ada::parser
 
diff --git a/include/ada/url_pattern.h b/include/ada/url_pattern.h
index 4c0b897be..3a5d0fcb4 100644
--- a/include/ada/url_pattern.h
+++ b/include/ada/url_pattern.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "ada/implementation.h"
 #include "ada/expected.h"
+#include "ada/url_pattern_regex.h"
 
 #include <regex>
 #include <string>
@@ -21,7 +22,8 @@ template <typename result_type, typename url_pattern_init,
           typename url_pattern_options>
 tl::expected<result_type, errors> parse_url_pattern_impl(
     std::variant<std::string_view, url_pattern_init> input,
-    const std::string_view* base_url, const url_pattern_options* options);
+    const std::string_view* base_url, const url_pattern_options* options,
+    url_pattern_regex::provider&& regex_provider);
 }
 
 // Important: C++20 allows us to use concept rather than `using` or `typedef
@@ -270,10 +272,8 @@ struct url_pattern_options {
 // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL_Pattern_API
 class url_pattern {
  public:
-  url_pattern() = default;
-  explicit url_pattern(std::optional<url_pattern_input>&& input,
-                       std::optional<std::string_view>&& base_url,
-                       std::optional<url_pattern_options>&& options);
+  explicit url_pattern(url_pattern_regex::provider&& regex_provider)
+      : regex_provider_(std::move(regex_provider)) {}
 
   /**
    * @see https://urlpattern.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-urlpattern-exec
@@ -328,12 +328,14 @@ class url_pattern {
   url_pattern_component search_component{};
   url_pattern_component hash_component{};
   bool ignore_case_ = false;
+  url_pattern_regex::provider regex_provider_;
 
   template <typename result_type, typename url_pattern_init,
             typename url_pattern_options>
   friend tl::expected<result_type, errors> parser::parse_url_pattern_impl(
       std::variant<std::string_view, url_pattern_init> input,
-      const std::string_view* base_url, const url_pattern_options* options);
+      const std::string_view* base_url, const url_pattern_options* options,
+      url_pattern_regex::provider&& regex_provider);
 };
 
 }  // namespace ada
diff --git a/include/ada/url_pattern_regex.h b/include/ada/url_pattern_regex.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..725efd8fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/ada/url_pattern_regex.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/**
+ * @file url_search_params.h
+ * @brief Declaration for the URL Search Params
+ */
+#ifndef ADA_URL_PATTERN_REGEX_H
+#define ADA_URL_PATTERN_REGEX_H
+
+#include <regex>
+
+namespace ada::url_pattern_regex {
+
+class provider {
+  struct type {};
+
+  std::optional<type> create_regex_instance(std::string_view pattern,
+                                            bool ignore_case);
+
+  std::optional<std::vector<std::string>> regex_search(std::string_view input, std::string_view pattern);
+};
+
+class std_regex_provider : public provider {
+
+};
+
+}  // namespace ada::url_pattern_regex
+
+#endif // ADA_URL_PATTERN_REGEX_H
diff --git a/src/ada.cpp b/src/ada.cpp
index 3d35569dd..36c66f2d9 100644
--- a/src/ada.cpp
+++ b/src/ada.cpp
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@
 #include "url_aggregator.cpp"
 #include "url_pattern.cpp"
 #include "url_pattern_helpers.cpp"
+#include "url_pattern_regex.cpp"
 #include "ada_c.cpp"
diff --git a/src/implementation.cpp b/src/implementation.cpp
index cad5af5ff..14476f5c9 100644
--- a/src/implementation.cpp
+++ b/src/implementation.cpp
@@ -81,8 +81,11 @@ ada_warn_unused std::string to_string(ada::encoding_type type) {
 
 ada_warn_unused tl::expected<url_pattern, errors> parse_url_pattern(
     std::variant<std::string_view, url_pattern_init> input,
-    const std::string_view* base_url, const url_pattern_options* options) {
-  return parser::parse_url_pattern_impl(std::move(input), base_url, options);
+    const std::string_view* base_url, const url_pattern_options* options,
+    std::optional<url_pattern_regex::provider> regex_provider) {
+  return parser::parse_url_pattern_impl(
+      std::move(input), base_url, options,
+      regex_provider.value_or(url_pattern_regex::std_regex_provider()));
 }
 
 }  // namespace ada
diff --git a/src/parser.cpp b/src/parser.cpp
index 09c6ad283..31a283019 100644
--- a/src/parser.cpp
+++ b/src/parser.cpp
@@ -900,7 +900,8 @@ result_type parse_url_impl(std::string_view user_input,
 
 tl::expected<url_pattern, errors> parse_url_pattern_impl(
     std::variant<std::string_view, url_pattern_init> input,
-    const std::string_view* base_url, const url_pattern_options* options) {
+    const std::string_view* base_url, const url_pattern_options* options,
+    url_pattern_regex::provider&& regex_provider) {
   // Let init be null.
   url_pattern_init init;
 
@@ -983,7 +984,7 @@ tl::expected<url_pattern, errors> parse_url_pattern_impl(
   }
 
   // Let urlPattern be a new URL pattern.
-  auto url_pattern_ = url_pattern{};
+  auto url_pattern_ = url_pattern(std::move(regex_provider));
 
   // Set urlPattern’s protocol component to the result of compiling a component
   // given processedInit["protocol"], canonicalize a protocol, and default
diff --git a/src/url_pattern_regex.cpp b/src/url_pattern_regex.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb