diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 5cf32d7d..f8082567 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -800,6 +800,7 @@ Some of Kakoune state is available through environment variables:
  * `kak_window_width`: width of the current kakoune window
  * `kak_window_height`: height of the current kakoune window
  * `kak_hook_param`: filtering text passed to the currently executing hook
+ * `kak_hook_param_capture_N`: text captured by the hook filter regex capture N
  * `kak_client_env_<name>`: value of the <name> variable in the client environment.
 	Example: $kak_client_env_SHELL is the SHELL variable
 
diff --git a/doc/manpages/expansions.asciidoc b/doc/manpages/expansions.asciidoc
index f4f16974..b1d08762 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/expansions.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/manpages/expansions.asciidoc
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ informations about Kakoune's state:
 	height of the current kakoune window
 *kak_hook_param*::
 	filtering text passed to the currently executing hook
+*kak_hook_param_capture_N*::
+	text captured by the hook filter regex capture N
 *kak_client_env_<name>*::
 	value of the *name* variable in the client environment
 	(e.g. *$kak_client_env_SHELL* is the SHELL variable)
diff --git a/src/commands.cc b/src/commands.cc
index 2c21c78d..500d37b5 100644
--- a/src/commands.cc
+++ b/src/commands.cc
@@ -800,15 +800,23 @@ const CommandDesc add_hook_cmd = {
         if (not contains(hooks, parser[1]))
             throw runtime_error{format("Unknown hook '{}'", parser[1])};
 
-        Regex regex(parser[2], Regex::optimize | Regex::nosubs | Regex::ECMAScript);
+        Regex regex{parser[2], Regex::optimize | Regex::ECMAScript};
         const String& command = parser[3];
 
         auto hook_func = [=](StringView param, Context& context) {
             ScopedSetBool disable_history{context.history_disabled()};
 
-            if (regex_match(param.begin(), param.end(), regex))
+            MatchResults<const char*> res;
+            if (regex_match(param.begin(), param.end(), res, regex))
+            {
+                EnvVarMap env_vars{ {"hook_param", param.str()} };
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < res.size(); ++i)
+                    env_vars.insert({format("hook_param_capture_{}", i),
+                                     {res[i].first, res[i].second}});
+
                 CommandManager::instance().execute(command, context,
-                                                   { {}, { { "hook_param", param.str() } } });
+                                                   { {}, std::move(env_vars) });
+            }
         };
         auto group = parser.get_switch("group").value_or(StringView{});
         get_scope(parser[0], context).hooks().add_hook(parser[1], group.str(), hook_func);