diff --git a/logcat/Android.mk b/logcat/Android.mk
index b828a9f..1dacbe1 100644
--- a/logcat/Android.mk
+++ b/logcat/Android.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES:= logcat.cpp event.logtags
 
-LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := liblog libbase libcutils
+LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := liblog libbase libcutils libpcrecpp
 
 LOCAL_MODULE := logcat
 
diff --git a/logcat/logcat.cpp b/logcat/logcat.cpp
index ddc91ca..d1dab22 100644
--- a/logcat/logcat.cpp
+++ b/logcat/logcat.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 #include <log/logprint.h>
 #include <utils/threads.h>
 
+#include <pcrecpp.h>
+
 #define DEFAULT_MAX_ROTATED_LOGS 4
 
 static AndroidLogFormat * g_logformat;
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@
 static size_t g_outByteCount = 0;
 static int g_printBinary = 0;
 static int g_devCount = 0;                              // >1 means multiple
+static pcrecpp::RE* g_regex;
 
 __noreturn static void logcat_panic(bool showHelp, const char *fmt, ...) __printflike(2,3);
 
@@ -143,6 +146,21 @@
     TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(write(g_outFD, buf, size));
 }
 
+static bool regexOk(const AndroidLogEntry& entry, log_id_t id)
+{
+    if (! g_regex) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    if (id == LOG_ID_EVENTS || id == LOG_ID_SECURITY) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    std::string messageString(entry.message, entry.messageLen);
+
+    return g_regex->PartialMatch(messageString);
+}
+
 static void processBuffer(log_device_t* dev, struct log_msg *buf)
 {
     int bytesWritten = 0;
@@ -171,7 +189,8 @@
         goto error;
     }
 
-    if (android_log_shouldPrintLine(g_logformat, entry.tag, entry.priority)) {
+    if (android_log_shouldPrintLine(g_logformat, entry.tag, entry.priority) &&
+        regexOk(entry, buf->id())) {
         bytesWritten = android_log_printLogLine(g_logformat, g_outFD, &entry);
 
         if (bytesWritten < 0) {
@@ -271,6 +290,8 @@
                     "  -c              clear (flush) the entire log and exit\n"
                     "  --clear\n"
                     "  -d              dump the log and then exit (don't block)\n"
+                    "  -e <expr>       only print lines where the log message matches <expr>\n"
+                    "  --regex <expr>  where <expr> is a regular expression\n"
                     "  -t <count>      print only the most recent <count> lines (implies -d)\n"
                     "  -t '<time>'     print most recent lines since specified time (implies -d)\n"
                     "  -T <count>      print only the most recent <count> lines (does not imply -d)\n"
@@ -548,6 +569,7 @@
           { "last",          no_argument,       NULL,   'L' },
           { pid_str,         required_argument, NULL,   0 },
           { "prune",         optional_argument, NULL,   'p' },
+          { "regex",         required_argument, NULL,   'e' },
           { "rotate_count",  required_argument, NULL,   'n' },
           { "rotate_kbytes", required_argument, NULL,   'r' },
           { "statistics",    no_argument,       NULL,   'S' },
@@ -556,7 +578,7 @@
           { NULL,            0,                 NULL,   0 }
         };
 
-        ret = getopt_long(argc, argv, ":cdDLt:T:gG:sQf:r:n:v:b:BSpP:",
+        ret = getopt_long(argc, argv, ":cdDLt:T:gG:sQf:r:n:v:b:BSpP:e:",
                           long_options, &option_index);
 
         if (ret < 0) {
@@ -644,6 +666,10 @@
                 printDividers = true;
             break;
 
+            case 'e':
+                g_regex = new pcrecpp::RE(optarg);
+            break;
+
             case 'g':
                 if (!optarg) {
                     getLogSize = 1;
diff --git a/logcat/tests/logcat_test.cpp b/logcat/tests/logcat_test.cpp
index 4f517bb..4f5a19d 100644
--- a/logcat/tests/logcat_test.cpp
+++ b/logcat/tests/logcat_test.cpp
@@ -953,3 +953,36 @@
     free(list);
     list = NULL;
 }
+
+TEST(logcat, regex) {
+    FILE *fp;
+    int count = 0;
+
+    char buffer[5120];
+
+    snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "logcat --pid %d -d -e logcat_test_a+b", getpid());
+
+    LOG_FAILURE_RETRY(__android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_WARN, "logcat_test", "logcat_test_ab"));
+    LOG_FAILURE_RETRY(__android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_WARN, "logcat_test", "logcat_test_b"));
+    LOG_FAILURE_RETRY(__android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_WARN, "logcat_test", "logcat_test_aaaab"));
+    LOG_FAILURE_RETRY(__android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_WARN, "logcat_test", "logcat_test_aaaa"));
+
+    // Let the logs settle
+    sleep(1);
+
+    ASSERT_TRUE(NULL != (fp = popen(buffer, "r")));
+
+    while (fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), fp)) {
+        if (!strncmp(begin, buffer, sizeof(begin) - 1)) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        EXPECT_TRUE(strstr(buffer, "logcat_test_") != NULL);
+
+        count++;
+    }
+
+    pclose(fp);
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(2, count);
+}