diff --git a/application/language/en/validation.php b/application/language/en/validation.php
index 8c230f21..8285f1e9 100644
--- a/application/language/en/validation.php
+++ b/application/language/en/validation.php
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 	"in"             => "The selected :attribute is invalid.",
 	"integer"        => "The :attribute must be an integer.",
 	"ip"             => "The :attribute must be a valid IP address.",
+	"match"          => "The :attribute format is invalid.",
 	"max"            => array(
 		"numeric" => "The :attribute must be less than :max.",
 		"file"    => "The :attribute must be less than :max kilobytes.",
diff --git a/laravel/validator.php b/laravel/validator.php
index 4d6d1683..77ac724a 100644
--- a/laravel/validator.php
+++ b/laravel/validator.php
@@ -611,6 +611,18 @@ protected function validate_alpha_dash($attribute, $value)
 		return preg_match('/^([-a-z0-9_-])+$/i', $value);	
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Validate that an attribute passes a regular expression check.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $attribute
+	 * @param  mixed   $value
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	protected function validate_match($attribute, $value, $parameters)
+	{
+		return preg_match($parameters[0], $value);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Validate the MIME type of a file upload attribute is in a set of MIME types.
 	 *