diff --git a/docs/api-guide/fields.md b/docs/api-guide/fields.md
index 914d08618..1d4c34cb9 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/fields.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/fields.md
@@ -153,6 +153,16 @@ A text representation, validates the text to be a valid e-mail address.
 
 Corresponds to `django.db.models.fields.EmailField`
 
+## RegexField
+
+A text representation, that validates the given value matches against a certain regular expression.
+
+Uses Django's `django.core.validators.RegexValidator` for validation.
+
+Corresponds to `django.forms.fields.RegexField`
+
+**Signature:** `RegexField(regex, max_length=None, min_length=None)`
+
 ## DateField
 
 A date representation.
diff --git a/docs/topics/release-notes.md b/docs/topics/release-notes.md
index 0b8a7a8f6..c641a1b39 100644
--- a/docs/topics/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/topics/release-notes.md
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@
 
 ## Master
 
-* Added `SerializerMethodField`
+* Added `RegexField`.
+* Added `SerializerMethodField`.
 * Serializer performance improvements.
-* Added `obtain_token_view` to get tokens when using `TokenAuthentication`
-* Bugfix: Django 1.5 configurable user support for `TokenAuthentication`
+* Added `obtain_token_view` to get tokens when using `TokenAuthentication`.
+* Bugfix: Django 1.5 configurable user support for `TokenAuthentication`.
 
 ## 2.1.3
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index 9dce01437..25d98645d 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import copy
 import datetime
 import inspect
+import re
 import warnings
 
 from io import BytesIO
@@ -802,6 +803,34 @@ class EmailField(CharField):
         return result
 
 
+class RegexField(CharField):
+    type_name = 'RegexField'
+
+    def __init__(self, regex, max_length=None, min_length=None, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(RegexField, self).__init__(max_length, min_length, *args, **kwargs)
+        self.regex = regex
+
+    def _get_regex(self):
+        return self._regex
+
+    def _set_regex(self, regex):
+        if isinstance(regex, basestring):
+            regex = re.compile(regex)
+        self._regex = regex
+        if hasattr(self, '_regex_validator') and self._regex_validator in self.validators:
+            self.validators.remove(self._regex_validator)
+        self._regex_validator = validators.RegexValidator(regex=regex)
+        self.validators.append(self._regex_validator)
+
+    regex = property(_get_regex, _set_regex)
+
+    def __deepcopy__(self, memo):
+        result = copy.copy(self)
+        memo[id(self)] = result
+        result.validators = self.validators[:]
+        return result
+
+
 class DateField(WritableField):
     type_name = 'DateField'
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/models.py b/rest_framework/tests/models.py
index 3704cda7b..c35861c6c 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/models.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/models.py
@@ -165,3 +165,8 @@ class BlankFieldModel(RESTFrameworkModel):
 # Model for issue #380
 class OptionalRelationModel(RESTFrameworkModel):
     other = models.ForeignKey('OptionalRelationModel', blank=True, null=True)
+
+
+# Model for RegexField
+class Book(RESTFrameworkModel):
+    isbn = models.CharField(max_length=13)
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py b/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py
index 656bc1dd0..520029ecd 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import datetime
 from django.test import TestCase
 from rest_framework import serializers
 from rest_framework.tests.models import (ActionItem, Anchor, BasicModel,
-    BlankFieldModel, BlogPost, CallableDefaultValueModel, DefaultValueModel,
+    BlankFieldModel, BlogPost, Book, CallableDefaultValueModel, DefaultValueModel,
     ManyToManyModel, Person, ReadOnlyManyToManyModel)
 
 
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ class CommentSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
         return instance
 
 
+class BookSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    isbn = serializers.RegexField(regex=r'^[0-9]{13}$', error_messages={'invalid': 'isbn has to be exact 13 numbers'})
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Book
+
+
 class ActionItemSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     
     class Meta:
@@ -258,6 +265,25 @@ class ValidationTests(TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(serializer.errors, {'info': [u'Ensure this value has at most 12 characters (it has 13).']})
 
 
+class RegexValidationTest(TestCase):
+    def test_create_failed(self):
+        serializer = BookSerializer(data={'isbn': '1234567890'})
+        self.assertFalse(serializer.is_valid())
+        self.assertEquals(serializer.errors, {'isbn': [u'isbn has to be exact 13 numbers']})
+
+        serializer = BookSerializer(data={'isbn': '12345678901234'})
+        self.assertFalse(serializer.is_valid())
+        self.assertEquals(serializer.errors, {'isbn': [u'isbn has to be exact 13 numbers']})
+
+        serializer = BookSerializer(data={'isbn': 'abcdefghijklm'})
+        self.assertFalse(serializer.is_valid())
+        self.assertEquals(serializer.errors, {'isbn': [u'isbn has to be exact 13 numbers']})
+
+    def test_create_success(self):
+        serializer = BookSerializer(data={'isbn': '1234567890123'})
+        self.assertTrue(serializer.is_valid())
+
+
 class MetadataTests(TestCase):
     def test_empty(self):
         serializer = CommentSerializer()