diff --git a/drivers/regex/mlx5/Makefile b/drivers/regex/mlx5/Makefile
index d9a157383..fa32cda5b 100644
--- a/drivers/regex/mlx5/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/regex/mlx5/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ CFLAGS += -std=c11 -Wall -Wextra
 CFLAGS += -g
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/common/mlx5
 CFLAGS += -I$(BUILDDIR)/drivers/common/mlx5
+CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/common/mlx5/linux
 CFLAGS += -D_BSD_SOURCE
 CFLAGS += -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE
 CFLAGS += -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600
diff --git a/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex.c b/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex.c
index b942a7511..922c23630 100644
--- a/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex.c
+++ b/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex.c
@@ -3,3 +3,8 @@
  */
 
 #include "mlx5_regex.h"
+#include "mlx5_regex_utils.h"
+
+int mlx5_regex_logtype;
+
+RTE_LOG_REGISTER(mlx5_regex_logtype, pmd.regex.mlx5, NOTICE)
diff --git a/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex_utils.h b/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex_utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..adca846ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex_utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright 2020 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd
+ */
+
+#ifndef RTE_PMD_MLX5_REGEX_UTILS_H_
+#define RTE_PMD_MLX5_REGEX_UTILS_H_
+
+#include <mlx5_common.h>
+
+extern int mlx5_regex_logtype;
+
+#define MLX5_REGEX_LOG_PREFIX "regex_mlx5"
+/* Generic printf()-like logging macro with automatic line feed. */
+#define DRV_LOG(level, ...) \
+	PMD_DRV_LOG_(level, mlx5_regex_logtype, MLX5_REGEX_LOG_PREFIX, \
+		__VA_ARGS__ PMD_DRV_LOG_STRIP PMD_DRV_LOG_OPAREN, \
+		PMD_DRV_LOG_CPAREN)
+
+#endif /* RTE_PMD_MLX5_REGEX_UTILS_H_ */