diff --git a/nginx/nginx.conf b/nginx/nginx.conf
index b59ff0e..5f28e61 100644
--- a/nginx/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx/nginx.conf
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ worker_processes auto;
 ####### ASYNC BACKGROUND PURGE ######
 # thread_pool npp_purge_io threads=2 max_queue=128;
 
+####### PCRE JIT ########
+# Compile every regex (map ~ / ~*, location ~, rewrite) to machine code at
+# load/reload time instead of interpreting it per request. Same matching
+# result, ~3-4x cheaper regex evaluation.
+pcre_jit on;
+
 ####### EVENTS MODULE ########
 events {
     use epoll;                             # Efficient event-driven model for Linux