diff --git a/Plugins/FuncGrep.pm b/Plugins/FuncGrep.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec8e9a18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Plugins/FuncGrep.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# File: FuncGrep.pm
+# Author: pragma-
+#
+# Purpose: Registers the grep Function
+
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+package Plugins::FuncGrep;
+use parent 'Plugins::Plugin';
+
+use warnings; use strict;
+use feature 'unicode_strings';
+
+sub initialize {
+    my ($self, %conf) = @_;
+    $self->{pbot}->{functions}->register(
+        'grep',
+        {
+            desc   => 'prints region of text that matches regex',
+            usage  => 'grep <regex>',
+            subref => sub { $self->func_grep(@_) }
+        }
+    );
+}
+
+sub unload {
+    my $self = shift;
+    $self->{pbot}->{functions}->unregister('grep');
+}
+
+sub func_grep {
+    my $self = shift @_;
+    my $regex = shift @_;
+    my $text = "@_";
+
+    my $result = eval {
+        my $result = '';
+
+        my $search_regex = $regex;
+
+        if ($search_regex !~ s/^\^/\\b/) {
+            $search_regex = "\\S*$search_regex";
+        }
+
+        if ($search_regex !~ s/\$$/\\b/) {
+            $search_regex = "$search_regex\\S*";
+        }
+
+        my $matches = 0;
+
+        while ($text =~ /($search_regex)/igms) {
+            $result .= "$1\n";
+            $matches++;
+        }
+
+        return "grep: '$regex' not found" if not $matches;
+        return $result;
+    };
+
+    if ($@) {
+        $@ =~ s/ at.*$//;
+        $@ =~ s/marked by .* HERE in m\/\(//;
+        $@ =~ s/\s*\)\/$//;
+        return "grep: $@";
+    }
+
+    return $result;
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/data/factoids.sqlite3 b/data/factoids.sqlite3
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diff --git a/data/plugin_autoload b/data/plugin_autoload
index 01c15942..5856f6d4 100644
--- a/data/plugin_autoload
+++ b/data/plugin_autoload
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ AutoRejoin
 Counter
 Date
 FuncBuiltins
+FuncGrep
 FuncSed
 GoogleSearch
 Quotegrabs