diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Twig/TwigExtension.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Twig/TwigExtension.php
index c1e7cefb3..a385bfe17 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Twig/TwigExtension.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Twig/TwigExtension.php
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class TwigExtension extends \Twig_Extension
             new \Twig_SimpleFilter('modulus', [$this, 'modulusFilter']),
             new \Twig_SimpleFilter('rtrim', [$this, 'rtrimFilter']),
             new \Twig_SimpleFilter('pad', [$this, 'padFilter']),
+            new \Twig_SimpleFilter('regex_replace', [$this, 'regexReplace']),
             new \Twig_SimpleFilter('safe_email', [$this, 'safeEmailFilter']),
             new \Twig_SimpleFilter('safe_truncate', ['\Grav\Common\Utils', 'safeTruncate']),
             new \Twig_SimpleFilter('safe_truncate_html', ['\Grav\Common\Utils', 'safeTruncateHTML']),
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ class TwigExtension extends \Twig_Extension
             new \Twig_SimpleFunction('nonce_field', [$this, 'nonceFieldFunc']),
             new \Twig_simpleFunction('random_string', [$this, 'randomStringFunc']),
             new \Twig_SimpleFunction('repeat', [$this, 'repeatFunc']),
+            new \Twig_SimpleFunction('regex_replace', [$this, 'regexReplace']),
             new \Twig_SimpleFunction('string', [$this, 'stringFunc']),
             new \Twig_simpleFunction('t', [$this, 'translate']),
             new \Twig_simpleFunction('ta', [$this, 'translateArray']),
@@ -754,4 +756,19 @@ class TwigExtension extends \Twig_Extension
 
         return $string;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Twig wrapper for PHP's preg_replace method
+     *
+     * @param mixed $subject    the content to perform the replacement on
+     * @param mixed $pattern    the regex pattern to use for matches
+     * @param mixed $replace    the replacement value either as a string or an array of replacements
+     * @param int   $limit      the maximum possible replacements for each pattern in each subject
+
+     * @return mixed the resulting content
+     */
+    public function regexReplace($subject, $pattern, $replace, $limit = -1)
+    {
+        return preg_replace($pattern, $replace, $subject, $limit);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/Grav/Common/Twig/TwigExtensionTest.php b/tests/unit/Grav/Common/Twig/TwigExtensionTest.php
index a0938838c..0600e4d94 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Grav/Common/Twig/TwigExtensionTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Grav/Common/Twig/TwigExtensionTest.php
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ class TwigExtensionTest extends \Codeception\TestCase\Test
 
     }
 
+    public function testRegexReplace()
+    {
+
+    }
+
     public function testUrlFunc()
     {
 
@@ -169,7 +174,10 @@ class TwigExtensionTest extends \Codeception\TestCase\Test
 
     public function testArrayFunc()
     {
-
+        $this->assertSame('this is my text',
+            $this->twig_ext->regexReplace('<p>this is my text</p>', '(<\/?p>)', ''));
+        $this->assertSame('<i>this is my text</i>',
+            $this->twig_ext->regexReplace('<p>this is my text</p>', ['(<p>)','(<\/p>)'], ['<i>','</i>']));
     }
 
     public function testArrayKeyValue()