diff --git a/10-pcre2.sh b/10-pcre2.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6dd341
--- /dev/null
+++ b/10-pcre2.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "`whoami`" == "root" ]; then
+  echo "Danger, Will Robinson!"
+  echo "Do not execute me as r00t"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+TARBALL="pcre2-10.44.tar.bz2"
+DNL="https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/download/pcre2-10.44/pcre2-10.44.tar.bz2"
+SHA256="d34f02e113cf7193a1ebf2770d3ac527088d485d4e047ed10e5d217c6ef5de96"
+
+[ -d pcre2-10.44 ] && rm -rf pcre2-10.44
+
+if [ ! -f ${TARBALL} ]; then
+  wget ${DNL}
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Could not retrieve ${DNL}"
+    echo "Sorry."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+CHECK="`sha256sum ${TARBALL} |awk ' { print $1 } ' `"
+if [ "${CHECK}" != "${SHA256}" ]; then
+  echo "${TARBALL} does not match expected SHA256. Sorry."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+tar -jxf ${TARBALL} && cd pcre2-10.44
+
+./configure --prefix=/usr                       \
+            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/pcre2-10.44 \
+            --enable-unicode                    \
+            --enable-jit                        \
+            --enable-pcre2-16                   \
+            --enable-pcre2-32                   \
+            --enable-pcre2grep-libz             \
+            --enable-pcre2grep-libbz2           \
+            --enable-pcre2test-libreadline      \
+            --disable-static
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "Configure script failed for pcre2. Sorry."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+make
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "Failed building pcre2. Sorry."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "running make check"
+make check > pcre2.check.log 2>&1
+echo
+
+echo "Inspect pcre2-10.44/pcre2.check.log and if looks okay, as root:"
+echo
+echo "  cd pcre2-10.44"
+echo "  make install"
+echo
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 45db11a..ad88c0b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -77,4 +77,12 @@ Justification: Needed for libarchive. No build dependencies outside of LFS.
 * Script: [`09-nettle.sh`](09-nettle.sh)
 * Status: Script Untested
 
+Dependency Ten: pcre2
+---------------------
+
+Justification: Needed for libarchive. No build dependencies outside of LFS.
+
+* Script: [`10-pcre2.sh`](10-pcre2.sh)
+* Status: Script Untested
+