diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre2/default.nix
index 71435b6d0ba1..77e91a60175a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre2/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "0yj8mm9ll9zj3v47rvmmqmr1ybxk72rr2lym3rymdsf905qjhbik";
   };
 
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--enable-jit"
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "Perl Compatible Regular Expressions";
     homepage = "http://www.pcre.org/";