1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/re.c b/re.c
index bb9898fdb4..9d1a282dee 100644
--- a/re.c
+++ b/re.c
@@ -727,6 +727,19 @@ last_match_getter()
 }
 
 static VALUE
+rb_reg_s_last_match(argc, argv)
+    int argc;
+    VALUE *argv;
+{
+    VALUE nth;
+
+    if (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &nth) == 1) {
+	rb_reg_nth_match(NUM2INT(nth), rb_backref_get());
+    }
+    return rb_reg_last_match(rb_backref_get());
+}
+
+static VALUE
 prematch_getter()
 {
     return rb_reg_match_pre(rb_backref_get());
@@ -1347,7 +1360,7 @@ Init_Regexp()
     rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cRegexp, "compile", rb_reg_s_new, -1);
     rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cRegexp, "quote", rb_reg_s_quote, -1);
     rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cRegexp, "escape", rb_reg_s_quote, -1);
-    rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cRegexp, "last_match", match_getter, 0);
+    rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cRegexp, "last_match", rb_reg_s_last_match, 0);
 
     rb_define_method(rb_cRegexp, "initialize", rb_reg_initialize_m, -1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cRegexp, "clone", rb_reg_clone, 0);