diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dac6739a2..0d376e25b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ if (NOT DEFINED MULTIARC OR MULTIARC)
 
     pkg_search_module(PCRE QUIET libpcre)
     if(NOT PCRE_FOUND)
-        message(WARNING "${ColorRed}libpcre not found, multiarc will have no custom archives support. Install libpcre and reconfigure far2l if you need that functionality.${ColorNormal}")
+        message(WARNING "${ColorRed}libpcre not found, multiarc will have no regexp support in custom archive format descriptions. Install libpcre and reconfigure far2l if you need that functionality.${ColorNormal}")
     endif()
 
     add_subdirectory (multiarc)
diff --git a/multiarc/CMakeLists.txt b/multiarc/CMakeLists.txt
index dbba0981a..24a75672a 100644
--- a/multiarc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/multiarc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -148,12 +148,10 @@ elseif(UNRAR)
     )
 endif()
 
-if(PCRE_FOUND)
-    set(SOURCES
-        ${SOURCES}
-        src/formats/custom/custom.cpp
-    )
-endif()
+set(SOURCES
+    ${SOURCES}
+    src/formats/custom/custom.cpp
+)
 
 if(LibArchive_FOUND)
     set(SOURCES
@@ -203,6 +201,8 @@ if(PCRE_FOUND)
     target_compile_definitions(multiarc PRIVATE -DHAVE_PCRE)
     target_link_libraries(multiarc ${PCRE_LDFLAGS} ${PCRE_LIBRARIES})
     target_include_directories(multiarc PRIVATE ${PCRE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+else()
+    add_compile_definitions(NOPCRE)
 endif()
 
 if(LibArchive_FOUND)
diff --git a/multiarc/src/formats/custom/custom.cpp b/multiarc/src/formats/custom/custom.cpp
index 87847e782..3854b09b2 100644
--- a/multiarc/src/formats/custom/custom.cpp
+++ b/multiarc/src/formats/custom/custom.cpp
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ using namespace oldfar;
 #include "fmt.hpp"
 #include <errno.h>
 
+#ifndef NOPCRE
 #include "pcre++.h"
 using namespace PCRE;
+#endif
 
 #if defined(__BORLANDC__)
 #pragma option -a1
@@ -68,8 +70,10 @@ static void FillFormat(const KeyFileValues *Values);
 static void MakeFiletime(SYSTEMTIME st, SYSTEMTIME syst, LPFILETIME pft);
 static int StringToInt(const char *str);
 static int64_t StringToInt64(const char *str);
+#ifndef NOPCRE
 static void ParseListingItemRegExp(Match match, struct ArcItemInfo *Info, SYSTEMTIME &stModification,
 		SYSTEMTIME &stCreation, SYSTEMTIME &stAccess);
+#endif
 static void ParseListingItemPlain(const char *CurFormat, const char *CurStr, struct ArcItemInfo *Info,
 		SYSTEMTIME &stModification, SYSTEMTIME &stCreation, SYSTEMTIME &stAccess);
 
@@ -525,6 +529,7 @@ int WINAPI _export CUSTOM_GetArcItem(struct ArcItemInfo *Info)
 	WINPORT(GetSystemTime)(&syst);
 
 	while (GetString(Str, sizeof(Str))) {
+#ifndef NOPCRE
 		RegExp re;
 
 		if (!StartText.empty()) {
@@ -571,6 +576,7 @@ int WINAPI _export CUSTOM_GetArcItem(struct ArcItemInfo *Info)
 			if (Match match = re.match(Str))
 				ParseListingItemRegExp(match, Info, stModification, stCreation, stAccess);
 		} else
+#endif
 			ParseListingItemPlain(CurFormatNode->Str(), Str, Info, stModification, stCreation, stAccess);
 
 		CurFormatNode = CurFormatNode->Next();
@@ -808,6 +814,7 @@ static int StringToIntHex(const char *str)
 	return i;
 }
 
+#ifndef NOPCRE
 static void ParseListingItemRegExp(Match match, struct ArcItemInfo *Info, SYSTEMTIME &stModification,
 		SYSTEMTIME &stCreation, SYSTEMTIME &stAccess)
 {
@@ -903,6 +910,7 @@ static void ParseListingItemRegExp(Match match, struct ArcItemInfo *Info, SYSTEM
 
 	Info->CRC32 = StringToIntHex(match["CRC"]);
 }
+#endif
 
 static void ParseListingItemPlain(const char *CurFormat, const char *CurStr, struct ArcItemInfo *Info,
 		SYSTEMTIME &stModification, SYSTEMTIME &stCreation, SYSTEMTIME &stAccess)