diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/ExtractText.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/ExtractText.java
index 2862c342c9..29b9c2099d 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/ExtractText.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/ExtractText.java
@@ -170,13 +170,22 @@ public class ExtractText extends AbstractProcessor {
 
     public static final PropertyDescriptor UNIX_LINES = new PropertyDescriptor.Builder()
             .name("Enable Unix Lines Mode")
-            .description("Indicates that only the '\n' line terminator is recognized int the behavior of '.', '^', and '$'.  Can also be specified "
+            .description("Indicates that only the '\n' line terminator is recognized in the behavior of '.', '^', and '$'.  Can also be specified "
                     + "via the embeded flag (?d).")
             .required(true)
             .allowableValues("true", "false")
             .defaultValue("false")
             .build();
 
+    public static final PropertyDescriptor INCLUDE_CAPTURE_GROUP_ZERO = new PropertyDescriptor.Builder()
+            .name("Include Capture Group 0")
+            .description("Indicates that Capture Group 0 should be included as an attribute. Capture Group 0 represents the entirety of the regular expression match, is typically not used, and "
+                    + "could have considerable length.")
+            .required(true)
+            .allowableValues("true", "false")
+            .defaultValue("true")
+            .build();
+
     public static final Relationship REL_MATCH = new Relationship.Builder()
             .name("matched")
             .description("FlowFiles are routed to this relationship when the Regular Expression is successfully evaluated and the FlowFile is modified as a result")
@@ -212,6 +221,7 @@ public class ExtractText extends AbstractProcessor {
         props.add(UNICODE_CASE);
         props.add(UNICODE_CHARACTER_CLASS);
         props.add(UNIX_LINES);
+        props.add(INCLUDE_CAPTURE_GROUP_ZERO);
         this.properties = Collections.unmodifiableList(props);
     }
 
@@ -297,13 +307,16 @@ public class ExtractText extends AbstractProcessor {
         final Map<String, String> regexResults = new HashMap<>();
 
         final Map<String, Pattern> patternMap = compiledPattersMapRef.get();
+
+        final int startGroupIdx = context.getProperty(INCLUDE_CAPTURE_GROUP_ZERO).asBoolean() ? 0 : 1;
+
         for (final Map.Entry<String, Pattern> entry : patternMap.entrySet()) {
 
             final Matcher matcher = entry.getValue().matcher(contentString);
 
             if (matcher.find()) {
                 final String baseKey = entry.getKey();
-                for (int i = 0; i <= matcher.groupCount(); i++) {
+                for (int i = startGroupIdx; i <= matcher.groupCount(); i++) {
                     final String key = new StringBuilder(baseKey).append(".").append(i).toString();
                     String value = matcher.group(i);
                     if (value.length() > maxCaptureGroupLength) {
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/TestExtractText.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/TestExtractText.java
index fd47cf7ad2..4b7c53cd39 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/TestExtractText.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/TestExtractText.java
@@ -310,4 +310,43 @@ public class TestExtractText {
         assertEquals(2, relationships.size());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testIncludeZeroCaptureGroupProperty() throws Exception {
+        final TestRunner testRunner = TestRunners.newTestRunner(new ExtractText());
+
+        final String attributeKey = "regex.result";
+
+        testRunner.setProperty(attributeKey, "(?s)(.*)");
+
+        testRunner.enqueue(SAMPLE_STRING.getBytes("UTF-8"));
+        testRunner.run();
+
+        testRunner.assertAllFlowFilesTransferred(ExtractText.REL_MATCH, 1);
+        final MockFlowFile out = testRunner.getFlowFilesForRelationship(ExtractText.REL_MATCH).get(0);
+
+        // Ensure the zero capture group is in the resultant attributes
+        out.assertAttributeExists(attributeKey + ".0");
+        out.assertAttributeEquals(attributeKey, SAMPLE_STRING);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testIgnoreZeroCaptureGroupProperty() throws Exception {
+        final TestRunner testRunner = TestRunners.newTestRunner(new ExtractText());
+
+        testRunner.setProperty(ExtractText.INCLUDE_CAPTURE_GROUP_ZERO, "false");
+
+        final String attributeKey = "regex.result";
+
+        testRunner.setProperty(attributeKey, "(?s)(.*)");
+
+        testRunner.enqueue(SAMPLE_STRING.getBytes("UTF-8"));
+        testRunner.run();
+
+        testRunner.assertAllFlowFilesTransferred(ExtractText.REL_MATCH, 1);
+        final MockFlowFile out = testRunner.getFlowFilesForRelationship(ExtractText.REL_MATCH).get(0);
+
+        // Ensure the zero capture group is not in the resultant attributes
+        out.assertAttributeNotExists(attributeKey + ".0");
+        out.assertAttributeEquals(attributeKey, SAMPLE_STRING);
+    }
 }