diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 294a79ac2..509865594 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ ver 0.24 (not yet released)
   - filter "prio" (for "playlistfind"/"playlistsearch")
   - limit "player" idle events to the current partition
   - operator "starts_with"
+  - show PCRE support in "config" response
 * archive
   - add option to disable archive plugins in mpd.conf
 * decoder
diff --git a/doc/protocol.rst b/doc/protocol.rst
index a39e35893..69bdada87 100644
--- a/doc/protocol.rst
+++ b/doc/protocol.rst
@@ -1602,6 +1602,7 @@ Reflection
 
     - ``music_directory``: The absolute path of the music directory.
     - ``playlist_directory``: The absolute path of the playlist directory.
+    - ``pcre``: Indicates pcre support.
 
 .. _command_commands:
 
diff --git a/src/command/OtherCommands.cxx b/src/command/OtherCommands.cxx
index c19409406..2e1f0ce2d 100644
--- a/src/command/OtherCommands.cxx
+++ b/src/command/OtherCommands.cxx
@@ -395,6 +395,10 @@ handle_config(Client &client, [[maybe_unused]] Request args, Response &r)
 	if (const auto spl_path = map_spl_path(); !spl_path.IsNull())
 		r.Fmt(FMT_STRING("playlist_directory: {}\n"), spl_path.ToUTF8());
 
+#ifdef HAVE_PCRE
+	r.Write("pcre: 1\n");
+#endif
+
 	return CommandResult::OK;
 }