diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Tooling/Inclusions/HeaderIncludes.h b/clang/include/clang/Tooling/Inclusions/HeaderIncludes.h
--- a/clang/include/clang/Tooling/Inclusions/HeaderIncludes.h
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Tooling/Inclusions/HeaderIncludes.h
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@
   /// exactly the same spelling.
   tooling::Replacements remove(llvm::StringRef Header, bool IsAngled) const;
 
+  // Matches a whole #include directive.
+  static const llvm::Regex IncludeRegex;
+
 private:
   struct Include {
     Include(StringRef Name, tooling::Range R) : Name(Name), R(R) {}
@@ -124,9 +127,6 @@
 
   // All possible priorities.
   std::set<int> Priorities;
-
-  // Matches a whole #include directive.
-  llvm::Regex IncludeRegex;
 };
 
 } // namespace tooling
diff --git a/clang/lib/Format/Format.cpp b/clang/lib/Format/Format.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Format/Format.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Format/Format.cpp
@@ -2769,13 +2769,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-namespace {
-
-const char CppIncludeRegexPattern[] =
-    R"(^[\t\ ]*#[\t\ ]*(import|include)[^"<]*(["<][^">]*[">]))";
-
-} // anonymous namespace
-
 tooling::Replacements sortCppIncludes(const FormatStyle &Style, StringRef Code,
                                       ArrayRef<tooling::Range> Ranges,
                                       StringRef FileName,
@@ -2785,7 +2778,6 @@
                       .StartsWith("\xEF\xBB\xBF", 3) // UTF-8 BOM
                       .Default(0);
   unsigned SearchFrom = 0;
-  llvm::Regex IncludeRegex(CppIncludeRegexPattern);
   SmallVector<StringRef, 4> Matches;
   SmallVector<IncludeDirective, 16> IncludesInBlock;
 
@@ -2842,7 +2834,7 @@
 
     bool MergeWithNextLine = Trimmed.endswith("\\");
     if (!FormattingOff && !MergeWithNextLine) {
-      if (IncludeRegex.match(Line, &Matches)) {
+      if (tooling::HeaderIncludes::IncludeRegex.match(Line, &Matches)) {
         StringRef IncludeName = Matches[2];
         if (Line.contains("/*") && !Line.contains("*/")) {
           // #include with a start of a block comment, but without the end.
@@ -3120,8 +3112,8 @@
 
 inline bool isHeaderInsertion(const tooling::Replacement &Replace) {
   return Replace.getOffset() == UINT_MAX && Replace.getLength() == 0 &&
-         llvm::Regex(CppIncludeRegexPattern)
-             .match(Replace.getReplacementText());
+         tooling::HeaderIncludes::IncludeRegex.match(
+             Replace.getReplacementText());
 }
 
 inline bool isHeaderDeletion(const tooling::Replacement &Replace) {
@@ -3173,11 +3165,11 @@
     }
   }
 
-  llvm::Regex IncludeRegex = llvm::Regex(CppIncludeRegexPattern);
   llvm::SmallVector<StringRef, 4> Matches;
   for (const auto &R : HeaderInsertions) {
     auto IncludeDirective = R.getReplacementText();
-    bool Matched = IncludeRegex.match(IncludeDirective, &Matches);
+    bool Matched =
+        tooling::HeaderIncludes::IncludeRegex.match(IncludeDirective, &Matches);
     assert(Matched && "Header insertion replacement must have replacement text "
                       "'#include ...'");
     (void)Matched;
diff --git a/clang/lib/Tooling/Inclusions/HeaderIncludes.cpp b/clang/lib/Tooling/Inclusions/HeaderIncludes.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Tooling/Inclusions/HeaderIncludes.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Tooling/Inclusions/HeaderIncludes.cpp
@@ -266,6 +266,8 @@
   return false;
 }
 
+const llvm::Regex HeaderIncludes::IncludeRegex(IncludeRegexPattern);
+
 HeaderIncludes::HeaderIncludes(StringRef FileName, StringRef Code,
                                const IncludeStyle &Style)
     : FileName(FileName), Code(Code), FirstIncludeOffset(-1),
@@ -274,8 +276,7 @@
       MaxInsertOffset(MinInsertOffset +
                       getMaxHeaderInsertionOffset(
                           FileName, Code.drop_front(MinInsertOffset), Style)),
-      Categories(Style, FileName),
-      IncludeRegex(llvm::Regex(IncludeRegexPattern)) {
+      Categories(Style, FileName) {
   // Add 0 for main header and INT_MAX for headers that are not in any
   // category.
   Priorities = {0, INT_MAX};