diff --git a/include/boost/regex/v4/regex_iterator.hpp b/include/boost/regex/v4/regex_iterator.hpp
index 9ef1dbab..084e572a 100644
--- a/include/boost/regex/v4/regex_iterator.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/regex/v4/regex_iterator.hpp
@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@ private:
    }
 };
 
+typedef regex_iterator<const char*> cregex_iterator;
+typedef regex_iterator<std::string::const_iterator> sregex_iterator;
+#ifndef BOOST_NO_WREGEX
+typedef regex_iterator<const wchar_t*> wcregex_iterator;
+typedef regex_iterator<std::wstring::const_iterator> wsregex_iterator;
+#endif
+
 #ifdef BOOST_HAS_ABI_HEADERS
 #  include BOOST_ABI_SUFFIX
 #endif
diff --git a/include/boost/regex/v4/regex_token_iterator.hpp b/include/boost/regex/v4/regex_token_iterator.hpp
index eb4dc68d..9db2ad45 100644
--- a/include/boost/regex/v4/regex_token_iterator.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/regex/v4/regex_token_iterator.hpp
@@ -284,6 +284,13 @@ private:
    }
 };
 
+typedef regex_token_iterator<const char*> cregex_token_iterator;
+typedef regex_token_iterator<std::string::const_iterator> sregex_token_iterator;
+#ifndef BOOST_NO_WREGEX
+typedef regex_token_iterator<const wchar_t*> wcregex_token_iterator;
+typedef regex_token_iterator<std::wstring::const_iterator> wsregex_token_iterator;
+#endif
+
 #if BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_MSVC, == 1310)
 #  pragma warning(pop)
 #endif