diff --git a/marshmallow_recipe/__init__.py b/marshmallow_recipe/__init__.py
index 3bbc053..cd17708 100644
--- a/marshmallow_recipe/__init__.py
+++ b/marshmallow_recipe/__init__.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 from .naming_case import CAMEL_CASE, CAPITAL_CAMEL_CASE, CamelCase, CapitalCamelCase, NamingCase
 from .options import NoneValueHandling, options
 from .serialization import EmptySchema, dump, dump_many, load, load_many, schema
-from .validator import ValidationError, ValidationFunc
+from .validation import ValidationFunc, regexp_validate, validate
 
 __all__: tuple[str, ...] = (
     # bake.py
@@ -85,9 +85,10 @@
     "dump_many",
     "schema",
     "EmptySchema",
-    # validator.py
-    "ValidationError",
+    # validation.py
     "ValidationFunc",
+    "regexp_validate",
+    "validate",
 )
 
 __version__ = "0.0.31"
diff --git a/marshmallow_recipe/fields.py b/marshmallow_recipe/fields.py
index ec0ae05..5730ac0 100644
--- a/marshmallow_recipe/fields.py
+++ b/marshmallow_recipe/fields.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import marshmallow as m
 import marshmallow.validate
 
-from .validator import ValidationFunc
+from .validation import ValidationFunc
 
 _MARSHMALLOW_VERSION_MAJOR = int(m.__version__.split(".")[0])
 
diff --git a/marshmallow_recipe/metadata.py b/marshmallow_recipe/metadata.py
index 4d26e9e..386ee56 100644
--- a/marshmallow_recipe/metadata.py
+++ b/marshmallow_recipe/metadata.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from typing import Any, TypeGuard, final
 
 from .missing import MISSING
-from .validator import ValidationFunc
+from .validation import ValidationFunc
 
 
 @final
diff --git a/marshmallow_recipe/validation.py b/marshmallow_recipe/validation.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19f3cbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/marshmallow_recipe/validation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import collections.abc
+import re
+from typing import Any
+
+import marshmallow.validate
+
+ValidationFunc = collections.abc.Callable[[Any], Any]
+
+
+def regexp_validate(regexp: re.Pattern | str, *, error: str | None = None) -> ValidationFunc:
+    return marshmallow.validate.Regexp(regexp, error=error)
+
+
+def validate(validator: ValidationFunc, *, error: str | None = None) -> ValidationFunc:
+    if error is None:
+        return validator
+
+    def _validator_with_custom_error(value: Any) -> Any:
+        result = validator(value)
+        if result is False:
+            raise marshmallow.ValidationError(error)
+        return result
+
+    return _validator_with_custom_error
diff --git a/marshmallow_recipe/validator.py b/marshmallow_recipe/validator.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 969794f..0000000
--- a/marshmallow_recipe/validator.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-import collections.abc
-from typing import Any
-
-import marshmallow as m
-
-ValidationFunc = collections.abc.Callable[[Any], Any]
-
-
-class ValidationError(m.ValidationError):
-    def __init__(self, message: str):
-        super().__init__(message)
diff --git a/tests/test_validation.py b/tests/test_validation.py
index b0b2dcd..8885bb9 100644
--- a/tests/test_validation.py
+++ b/tests/test_validation.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import datetime
 import decimal
 import uuid
-from typing import cast
+from typing import Annotated, cast
 
 import marshmallow as m
 import pytest
@@ -245,3 +245,36 @@ class IntContainer:
 
     with pytest.raises(m.ValidationError):
         mr.dump(IntContainer(int_field=cast(int, "invalid")))
+
+
+def test_regexp_validate() -> None:
+    @dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True, kw_only=True)
+    class StrContainer:
+        value1: Annotated[str, mr.str_meta(validate=mr.regexp_validate(r"^[a-z]+$"))]
+        value2: Annotated[
+            str, mr.str_meta(validate=mr.regexp_validate(r"^[a-z]+$", error="String does not match ^[a-z]+$."))
+        ]
+
+    with pytest.raises(m.ValidationError) as exc_info:
+        mr.dump(StrContainer(value1="42", value2="100500"))
+
+    assert exc_info.value.messages == {
+        "value1": ["String does not match expected pattern."],
+        "value2": ["String does not match ^[a-z]+$."],
+    }
+
+
+def test_validate() -> None:
+    @dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True, kw_only=True)
+    class IntContainer:
+        value: Annotated[
+            int,
+            mr.str_meta(
+                validate=mr.validate(lambda x: x < 0, error="Should be negative."),
+            ),
+        ]
+
+    with pytest.raises(m.ValidationError) as exc_info:
+        mr.dump(IntContainer(value=42))
+
+    assert exc_info.value.messages == {"value": ["Should be negative."]}