diff --git a/mingw-w64-pcre2/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-pcre2/PKGBUILD
index 9df9ae7b7f1f7..16eb797ddfd9c 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-pcre2/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-pcre2/PKGBUILD
@@ -73,7 +73,28 @@ build() {
 
 check() {
   cd "${srcdir}/build-${MSYSTEM}"
-  make check
+
+  # Work around bug in PCRE2 10.44
+  case "${MINGW_CHOST}" in
+  *-w64-mingw32)
+    for f in testdata/testoutput8-8-2 testdata/testoutput8-16-2 testdata/testoutput8-32-2
+    do
+      cp "$f" "$f.backup"
+      perl -pi -e 's{^(Memory allocation - compiled block : )(\d+)$}{$1 . ($2 - 24)}e' "$f"
+    done
+    ;;
+  esac
+
+  make check || return 1
+
+  case "${MINGW_CHOST}" in
+  *-w64-mingw32)
+    for f in testdata/testoutput8-8-2 testdata/testoutput8-16-2 testdata/testoutput8-32-2
+    do
+      cp "$f.backup" "$f"
+    done
+    ;;
+  esac
 }
 
 package() {