diff --git a/src/query/regex_query.rs b/src/query/regex_query.rs
index cc5701744a..345ba44ad9 100644
--- a/src/query/regex_query.rs
+++ b/src/query/regex_query.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use tantivy_fst::Regex;
 use crate::error::TantivyError;
 use crate::query::{AutomatonWeight, EnableScoring, Query, Weight};
 use crate::schema::Field;
+use crate::Term;
 
 /// A Regex Query matches all of the documents
 /// containing a specific term that matches
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ use crate::schema::Field;
 pub struct RegexQuery {
     regex: Arc<Regex>,
     field: Field,
+    json_path_bytes: Option<Vec<u8>>,
 }
 
 impl RegexQuery {
@@ -72,11 +74,48 @@ impl RegexQuery {
         RegexQuery {
             regex: regex.into(),
             field,
+            json_path_bytes: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Creates a new RegexQuery from a given pattern with a json path
+    pub fn from_pattern_with_json_path(
+        regex_pattern: &str,
+        field: Field,
+        json_path: &str,
+    ) -> crate::Result<Self> {
+        // tantivy-fst does not support ^ and $ in regex pattern so it is valid to append regex pattern to the end of the json path
+        let mut term = Term::from_field_json_path(field, json_path, false);
+        term.append_type_and_str(regex_pattern);
+        let regex_text = std::str::from_utf8(term.serialized_value_bytes()).map_err(|err| {
+            TantivyError::InvalidArgument(format!(
+                "Failed to convert json term value bytes to utf8 string: {err}"
+            ))
+        })?;
+        let regex = Regex::new(regex_text).unwrap();
+
+        if let Some((json_path_bytes, _)) = term.value().as_json() {
+            Ok(RegexQuery {
+                regex: regex.into(),
+                field,
+                json_path_bytes: Some(json_path_bytes.to_vec()),
+            })
+        } else {
+            Err(TantivyError::InvalidArgument(format!(
+                "The regex query requires a json path for a json term."
+            )))
         }
     }
 
     fn specialized_weight(&self) -> AutomatonWeight<Regex> {
-        AutomatonWeight::new(self.field, self.regex.clone())
+        match &self.json_path_bytes {
+            Some(json_path_bytes) => AutomatonWeight::new_for_json_path(
+                self.field,
+                self.regex.clone(),
+                json_path_bytes.as_slice(),
+            ),
+            None => AutomatonWeight::new(self.field, self.regex.clone()),
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -94,8 +133,8 @@ mod test {
 
     use super::RegexQuery;
     use crate::collector::TopDocs;
-    use crate::schema::{Field, Schema, TEXT};
-    use crate::{assert_nearly_equals, Index, IndexReader, IndexWriter};
+    use crate::schema::{Field, Schema, STORED, TEXT};
+    use crate::{assert_nearly_equals, Index, IndexReader, IndexWriter, TantivyDocument};
 
     fn build_test_index() -> crate::Result<(IndexReader, Field)> {
         let mut schema_builder = Schema::builder();
@@ -188,4 +227,46 @@ mod test {
             res => panic!("unexpected result: {res:?}"),
         }
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    pub fn test_regex_query_with_json_path() -> crate::Result<()> {
+        std::env::set_var("RUST_BACKTRACE", "1");
+        let mut schema_builder = Schema::builder();
+        let attributes_field = schema_builder.add_json_field("attributes", TEXT | STORED);
+        let schema = schema_builder.build();
+        let index = Index::create_in_ram(schema.clone());
+        {
+            let mut index_writer: IndexWriter = index.writer_for_tests().unwrap();
+
+            let doc = TantivyDocument::parse_json(
+                &schema,
+                r#"{
+                "attributes": {
+                    "country": {"name": "japan"}
+                }
+            }"#,
+            )?;
+
+            index_writer.add_document(doc)?;
+            let doc = TantivyDocument::parse_json(
+                &schema,
+                r#"{
+                "attributes": {
+                    "country": {"name": "korea"}
+                }
+            }"#,
+            )?;
+
+            index_writer.add_document(doc)?;
+            index_writer.commit()?;
+        }
+        let reader = index.reader()?;
+
+        let matching_one =
+            RegexQuery::from_pattern_with_json_path("j.*", attributes_field, "country.name")?;
+        let matching_zero =
+            RegexQuery::from_pattern_with_json_path("jap[A-Z]n", attributes_field, "country")?;
+        verify_regex_query(matching_one, matching_zero, reader);
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }