diff --git a/pkgs/misc/ananicy-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/an/ananicy-cpp/package.nix
similarity index 67%
rename from pkgs/misc/ananicy-cpp/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/an/ananicy-cpp/package.nix
index 9a771a470339..36f56c6dffaf 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/ananicy-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/an/ananicy-cpp/package.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , clangStdenv
 , fetchFromGitLab
+, fetchpatch
 , cmake
 , pkg-config
 , spdlog
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@
 , libbpf
 , elfutils
 , bpftools
+, pcre2
 , zlib
 }:
 
@@ -24,6 +26,15 @@ clangStdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-oPinSc00+Z6SxjfTh7DttcXSjsLv1X0NI+O37C8M8GY=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # FIXME: remove this when updating to next stable release
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "allow-regex-pattern-matching.patch";
+      url = "https://gitlab.com/ananicy-cpp/ananicy-cpp/-/commit/6ea2dccceec39b6c4913f617dad81d859aa20f24.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-C+7x/VpVwewXEPwibi7GxGfjuhDkhcjTyGbZHlYL2Bs=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   strictDeps = true;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -33,6 +44,7 @@ clangStdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
+    pcre2
     spdlog
     nlohmann_json
     systemd
@@ -51,6 +63,7 @@ clangStdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DUSE_BPF_PROC_IMPL=ON"
     "-DBPF_BUILD_LIBBPF=OFF"
     "-DENABLE_SYSTEMD=ON"
+    "-DENABLE_REGEX_SUPPORT=ON"
     "-DVERSION=${version}"
   ];
 
@@ -59,12 +72,15 @@ clangStdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     rm -rf "$out"/lib/cmake
   '';
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/ananicy-cpp/ananicy-cpp";
     description = "Rewrite of ananicy in c++ for lower cpu and memory usage";
-    license = licenses.gpl3Only;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ artturin ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      artturin
+      johnrtitor
+    ];
     mainProgram = "ananicy-cpp";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 367791db4db2..84826faa30c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -28203,8 +28203,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ananicy = callPackage ../misc/ananicy { };
 
-  ananicy-cpp = callPackage ../misc/ananicy-cpp { };
-
   andagii = callPackage ../data/fonts/andagii { };
 
   andika = callPackage ../data/fonts/andika { };