diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 8f2f6221..d5e2c50f 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -453,11 +453,11 @@ ifeq ($(WIN32),)  #*nix Environments (&& cygwin)
     endif
   endif
   # Find available RegEx library.  Prefer libpcreposix.
-  ifneq (,$(call find_include,pcreposix))
-    ifneq (,$(call find_lib,pcreposix))
+  ifneq (,$(and $(call find_include,pcreposix),$(call find_include,pcre)))
+    ifneq (,$(and $(call find_lib,pcreposix),$(call find_lib,pcre)))
       OS_CCDEFS += -DHAVE_PCREPOSIX_H
-      OS_LDFLAGS += -lpcreposix
-      $(info using libpcreposix: $(call find_lib,pcreposix) $(call find_include,pcreposix))
+      OS_LDFLAGS += -lpcreposix -lpcre
+      $(info using libpcreposix: $(call find_lib,pcreposix) $(call find_lib,pcre) $(call find_include,pcreposix) $(call find_include,pcre))
       ifeq ($(LD_SEARCH_NEEDED),$(call need_search,pcreposix))
         OS_LDFLAGS += -L$(dir $(call find_lib,pcreposix))
       endif
diff --git a/scp.c b/scp.c
index 70ef09b1..0db51833 100644
--- a/scp.c
+++ b/scp.c
@@ -5206,7 +5206,7 @@ if (flag) {
     fprintf (st, "\n        %s", sim_toffset_64 ? "Large File (>2GB) support" : "No Large File support");
     fprintf (st, "\n        SDL Video support: %s", vid_version());
 #if defined (HAVE_PCREPOSIX_H)
-    fprintf (st, "\n        PCRE RegEx support for EXPECT commands");
+    fprintf (st, "\n        PCRE RegEx (Version %s) support for EXPECT commands", pcre_version());
 #elif defined (HAVE_REGEX_H)
     fprintf (st, "\n        RegEx support for EXPECT commands");
 #else
diff --git a/sim_defs.h b/sim_defs.h
index a51cb7b2..cd04481c 100644
--- a/sim_defs.h
+++ b/sim_defs.h
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ extern int sim_vax_snprintf(char *buf, size_t buf_size, const char *fmt, ...);
 #endif
 #if defined(HAVE_PCREPOSIX_H)
 #include <pcreposix.h>
+#include <pcre.h>
 #define USE_REGEX 1
 #elif defined(HAVE_REGEX_H)
 #include <regex.h>