diff --git a/common/Cargo.toml b/common/Cargo.toml
index 6d9c153..d6a326a 100644
--- a/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ proc-macro2 = { git = "https://github.com/alexcrichton/proc-macro2.git" }
 pulldown-cmark = { git = "https://github.com/google/pulldown-cmark.git" }
 quick-xml = { git = "https://github.com/tafia/quick-xml" }
 regex = { git = "https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/regex" }
+regex-syntax = { git = "https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/regex" }
 ring = { git = "https://github.com/briansmith/ring" }
 semver = { git = "https://github.com/steveklabnik/semver" }
 serde_json = { git = "https://github.com/serde-rs/json", features = ["arbitrary_precision"] }
diff --git a/common/src/lib.rs b/common/src/lib.rs
index 9af3a22..6bb204d 100644
--- a/common/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ extern crate proc_macro2;
 extern crate pulldown_cmark;
 extern crate quick_xml;
 extern crate regex;
+extern crate regex_syntax;
 extern crate ring;
 extern crate semver;
 extern crate serde_json;
@@ -475,6 +476,13 @@ pub fn fuzz_quick_xml_read(data: &[u8]) {
     }
 }
 
+#[inline(always)]
+pub fn fuzz_regex_syntax(data: &[u8]) {
+    if let Ok(data) = std::str::from_utf8(data) {
+        let _ = regex_syntax::Parser::new().parse(data);
+    }
+}
+
 #[inline(always)]
 pub fn fuzz_regex_is_match(data: &[u8]) {
     if let Ok(data) = std::str::from_utf8(data) {