diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/regex/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/regex/__init__.py
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+from pythonforandroid.toolchain import CompiledComponentsPythonRecipe
+
+
+class RegexRecipe(CompiledComponentsPythonRecipe):
+    name = 'regex'
+    version = '2017.07.28'
+    url = 'https://pypi.python.org/packages/d1/23/5fa829706ee1d4452552eb32e0bfc1039553e01f50a8754c6f7152e85c1b/regex-{version}.tar.gz'
+
+    depends = ['python2', 'setuptools']
+
+
+recipe = RegexRecipe()