diff --git a/include/ndnboost/regex/regex_traits.hpp b/include/ndnboost/regex/regex_traits.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fdb874
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/ndnboost/regex/regex_traits.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * 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         regex_traits.hpp
+  *   VERSION      see <ndnboost/version.hpp>
+  *   DESCRIPTION: Declares regular expression traits classes.
+  */
+
+#ifndef NDNBOOST_REGEX_TRAITS_HPP
+#define NDNBOOST_REGEX_TRAITS_HPP
+
+#ifndef NDNBOOST_REGEX_CONFIG_HPP
+#  include <ndnboost/regex/config.hpp>
+#endif
+
+#  ifndef NDNBOOST_REGEX_TRAITS_HPP_INCLUDED
+#     include <ndnboost/regex/v4/regex_traits.hpp>
+#  endif
+
+#endif // include
+
+
+
+
+