diff --git a/test/regextest/.gitignore b/test/regextest/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..290524341
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regextest/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+client1
+client2
+client3
+client4
+client5
+client6
diff --git a/test/regextest/Makefile b/test/regextest/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f1a8eca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regextest/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+
+
+
+
+DEPS_PATH=../../deps
+
+MARIADB_PATH=$(DEPS_PATH)/mariadb-client-library/mariadb_client
+MARIADB_IDIR=$(MARIADB_PATH)/include
+MARIADB_LDIR=$(MARIADB_PATH)/libmariadb
+
+
+DAEMONPATH=$(DEPS_PATH)/libdaemon/libdaemon
+DAEMONPATH_IDIR=$(DAEMONPATH)
+DAEMONPATH_LDIR=$(DAEMONPATH)/libdaemon/.libs
+
+JEMALLOC_PATH=$(DEPS_PATH)/jemalloc/jemalloc
+JEMALLOC_IDIR=$(JEMALLOC_PATH)/include/jemalloc
+JEMALLOC_LDIR=$(JEMALLOC_PATH)/lib
+
+LIBCONFIG_PATH=$(DEPS_PATH)/libconfig/libconfig-1.4.9
+LIBCONFIG_IDIR=-I$(LIBCONFIG_PATH)/lib
+LIBCONFIG_LDIR=-L$(LIBCONFIG_PATH)/lib/.libs
+
+LIBEVENT_PATH=$(DEPS_PATH)/libevent/libevent
+LIBEVENT_IDIR=$(LIBEVENT_PATH)/include
+LIBEVENT_LDIR=$(LIBEVENT_PATH)/.libs
+
+RE2_PATH=$(DEPS_PATH)/re2/re2
+RE2_IDIR=$(RE2_PATH)
+
+SQLITE3_DIR=$(DEPS_PATH)/sqlite3/sqlite3
+
+IDIR=../../include
+LDIR=../../lib
+IDIRS=-I$(IDIR) -I$(JEMALLOC_IDIR) -I$(MARIADB_IDIR) $(LIBCONFIG_IDIR) -I$(DAEMONPATH_IDIR) -I$(SQLITE3_DIR) -I$(RE2_IDIR)
+LDIRS=-L$(LDIR) -L$(JEMALLOC_LDIR) $(LIBCONFIG_LDIR) -L$(RE2_PATH)/obj -L$(LIBEVENT_LDIR) -L$(MARIADB_LDIR) -L$(DAEMONPATH_LDIR)
+
+
+MYCPPFLAGS=-std=c++11 $(IDIRS) $(OPTZ) $(DEBUG) -ggdb
+LDFLAGS+=
+MYLIBS=-Wl,--export-dynamic -Wl,-Bstatic -lconfig -lproxysql -ldaemon -ljemalloc -lconfig++ -lre2 -levent -lmariadbclient -Wl,-Bdynamic -lpthread -lm -lz -lrt -lcrypto -lssl $(EXTRALINK)
+
+UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
+ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux)
+	MYLIBS+= -ldl
+endif
+ifeq ($(UNAME_S),FreeBSD)
+	MYLIBS+= -lexecinfo
+endif
+
+LIBPROXYSQLAR=$(LDIR)/libproxysql.a
+
+.PHONY: default
+default: client1
+
+client1: client1.cpp
+	$(CXX) -o $@ $@.cpp $(LIBPROXYSQLAR) $(MYCPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDIRS) $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(MYLIBS)
+
+client2: client2.cpp
+	$(CXX) -o $@ $@.cpp $(LIBPROXYSQLAR) $(MYCPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDIRS) $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(MYLIBS)
+
+client3: client3.cpp
+	$(CXX) -o $@ $@.cpp $(LIBPROXYSQLAR) $(MYCPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDIRS) $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(MYLIBS)
+
+client4: client4.cpp
+	$(CXX) -o $@ $@.cpp $(LIBPROXYSQLAR) $(MYCPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDIRS) $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(MYLIBS)
+
+client5: client5.cpp
+	$(CXX) -o $@ $@.cpp $(LIBPROXYSQLAR) $(MYCPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDIRS) $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(MYLIBS)
+
+client6: client6.cpp
+	$(CXX) -o $@ $@.cpp $(LIBPROXYSQLAR) $(MYCPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDIRS) $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(MYLIBS)
+
+
+default: $(EXECUTABLE)
+
+clean:
+	rm -f *~ core $(default)
+
diff --git a/test/regextest/client1.cpp b/test/regextest/client1.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9342928b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regextest/client1.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#include "re2/re2.h"
+#include "re2/regexp.h"
+#include "proxysql.h"
+#include "cpp.h"
+
+#include <ctime>
+#include <thread>
+
+struct __RE2_objects_t {
+	re2::RE2::Options *opt;
+	RE2 *re;
+};
+
+typedef struct __RE2_objects_t re2_t;
+
+int main() {
+	re2_t *r=(re2_t *)malloc(sizeof(re2_t));
+	r->opt=new re2::RE2::Options(RE2::Quiet);
+	r->opt->set_case_sensitive(false);
+	//char *myq=(char *)" sEt   NAmEs    'utf8' ";
+	char *myq=(char *)"sEt   NAmEs    'utf8' ";
+	r->re=new RE2(" *SET  *NAMES *.* *", *r->opt);
+	bool rc;
+	for (int i=0;i<1000000;i++) {
+		rc=RE2::PartialMatch(myq,*r->re);
+	}
+	printf("%d\n",rc);
+	return 0;
+}