diff --git a/base/pcre/pcre.conf b/base/pcre/pcre.conf
index 6ffc7c676..9bc7e58f3 100644
--- a/base/pcre/pcre.conf
+++ b/base/pcre/pcre.conf
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../pcre/pcre.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2006 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2013 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 #
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
 var_append confopt " " "--enable-utf8"
+var_append confopt " " "--enable-unicode-properties"
 var_append makeopt ' ' CC_FOR_BUILD=$CC