diff --git a/include/ndnboost/regex/v4/match_flags.hpp b/include/ndnboost/regex/v4/match_flags.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d352d0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/ndnboost/regex/v4/match_flags.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2002
+ * John Maddock
+ *
+ * Use, modification and distribution are subject to the 
+ * Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file 
+ * LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+ *
+ */
+ 
+ /*
+  *   LOCATION:    see http://www.boost.org for most recent version.
+  *   FILE         match_flags.hpp
+  *   VERSION      see <ndnboost/version.hpp>
+  *   DESCRIPTION: Declares match_flags type.
+  */
+
+#ifndef NDNBOOST_REGEX_V4_MATCH_FLAGS
+#define NDNBOOST_REGEX_V4_MATCH_FLAGS
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+#  include <ndnboost/cstdint.hpp>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+namespace ndnboost{
+   namespace regex_constants{
+#endif
+
+typedef enum _match_flags
+{
+   match_default = 0,
+   match_not_bol = 1,                                /* first is not start of line */
+   match_not_eol = match_not_bol << 1,               /* last is not end of line */
+   match_not_bob = match_not_eol << 1,               /* first is not start of buffer */
+   match_not_eob = match_not_bob << 1,               /* last is not end of buffer */
+   match_not_bow = match_not_eob << 1,               /* first is not start of word */
+   match_not_eow = match_not_bow << 1,               /* last is not end of word */
+   match_not_dot_newline = match_not_eow << 1,       /* \n is not matched by '.' */
+   match_not_dot_null = match_not_dot_newline << 1,  /* '\0' is not matched by '.' */
+   match_prev_avail = match_not_dot_null << 1,       /* *--first is a valid expression */
+   match_init = match_prev_avail << 1,               /* internal use */
+   match_any = match_init << 1,                      /* don't care what we match */
+   match_not_null = match_any << 1,                  /* string can't be null */
+   match_continuous = match_not_null << 1,           /* each grep match must continue from */
+                                                     /* uninterupted from the previous one */
+   match_partial = match_continuous << 1,            /* find partial matches */
+   
+   match_stop = match_partial << 1,                  /* stop after first match (grep) V3 only */
+   match_not_initial_null = match_stop,              /* don't match initial null, V4 only */
+   match_all = match_stop << 1,                      /* must find the whole of input even if match_any is set */
+   match_perl = match_all << 1,                      /* Use perl matching rules */
+   match_posix = match_perl << 1,                    /* Use POSIX matching rules */
+   match_nosubs = match_posix << 1,                  /* don't trap marked subs */
+   match_extra = match_nosubs << 1,                  /* include full capture information for repeated captures */
+   match_single_line = match_extra << 1,             /* treat text as single line and ignor any \n's when matching ^ and $. */
+   match_unused1 = match_single_line << 1,           /* unused */
+   match_unused2 = match_unused1 << 1,               /* unused */
+   match_unused3 = match_unused2 << 1,               /* unused */
+   match_max = match_unused3,
+
+   format_perl = 0,                                  /* perl style replacement */
+   format_default = 0,                               /* ditto. */
+   format_sed = match_max << 1,                      /* sed style replacement. */
+   format_all = format_sed << 1,                     /* enable all extentions to sytax. */
+   format_no_copy = format_all << 1,                 /* don't copy non-matching segments. */
+   format_first_only = format_no_copy << 1,          /* Only replace first occurance. */
+   format_is_if = format_first_only << 1,            /* internal use only. */
+   format_literal = format_is_if << 1                /* treat string as a literal */
+
+} match_flags;
+
+#if (defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER < 1300)) || defined(__BORLANDC__)
+typedef unsigned long match_flag_type;
+#else
+typedef match_flags match_flag_type;
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+inline match_flags operator&(match_flags m1, match_flags m2)
+{ return static_cast<match_flags>(static_cast<ndnboost::int32_t>(m1) & static_cast<ndnboost::int32_t>(m2)); }
+inline match_flags operator|(match_flags m1, match_flags m2)
+{ return static_cast<match_flags>(static_cast<ndnboost::int32_t>(m1) | static_cast<ndnboost::int32_t>(m2)); }
+inline match_flags operator^(match_flags m1, match_flags m2)
+{ return static_cast<match_flags>(static_cast<ndnboost::int32_t>(m1) ^ static_cast<ndnboost::int32_t>(m2)); }
+inline match_flags operator~(match_flags m1)
+{ return static_cast<match_flags>(~static_cast<ndnboost::int32_t>(m1)); }
+inline match_flags& operator&=(match_flags& m1, match_flags m2)
+{ m1 = m1&m2; return m1; }
+inline match_flags& operator|=(match_flags& m1, match_flags m2)
+{ m1 = m1|m2; return m1; }
+inline match_flags& operator^=(match_flags& m1, match_flags m2)
+{ m1 = m1^m2; return m1; }
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+} /* namespace regex_constants */
+/*
+ * import names into boost for backwards compatiblity:
+ */
+using regex_constants::match_flag_type;
+using regex_constants::match_default;
+using regex_constants::match_not_bol;
+using regex_constants::match_not_eol;
+using regex_constants::match_not_bob;
+using regex_constants::match_not_eob;
+using regex_constants::match_not_bow;
+using regex_constants::match_not_eow;
+using regex_constants::match_not_dot_newline;
+using regex_constants::match_not_dot_null;
+using regex_constants::match_prev_avail;
+/* using regex_constants::match_init; */
+using regex_constants::match_any;
+using regex_constants::match_not_null;
+using regex_constants::match_continuous;
+using regex_constants::match_partial;
+/*using regex_constants::match_stop; */
+using regex_constants::match_all;
+using regex_constants::match_perl;
+using regex_constants::match_posix;
+using regex_constants::match_nosubs;
+using regex_constants::match_extra;
+using regex_constants::match_single_line;
+/*using regex_constants::match_max; */
+using regex_constants::format_all;
+using regex_constants::format_sed;
+using regex_constants::format_perl;
+using regex_constants::format_default;
+using regex_constants::format_no_copy;
+using regex_constants::format_first_only;
+/*using regex_constants::format_is_if;*/
+
+} /* namespace ndnboost */
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+#endif /* include guard */
+