diff --git a/format_checkers.go b/format_checkers.go
index b91c360..4d5c4f2 100644
--- a/format_checkers.go
+++ b/format_checkers.go
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ type (

        // UUIDFormatChecker validates a UUID is in the correct format
        UUIDFormatChecker struct{}
+
+       // RegexFormatChecker validates a regex is in the correct format
+       RegexFormatChecker struct{}
 )

 var (
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ var (
                        "ipv6":      IPV6FormatChecker{},
                        "uri":       URIFormatChecker{},
                        "uuid":      UUIDFormatChecker{},
+                       "regex":     RegexFormatChecker{},
                },
        }

@@ -176,3 +180,8 @@ func (f HostnameFormatChecker) IsFormat(input string) bool {
 func (f UUIDFormatChecker) IsFormat(input string) bool {
        return rxUUID.MatchString(input)
 }
+
+func (f RegexFormatChecker) IsFormat(input string) bool {
+       reg, _ := regexp.Compile(input)
+       return reg != nil
+}