diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Controllers/BlogPostController.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Controllers/BlogPostController.cs
index 00ef04906..408cd7abe 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Controllers/BlogPostController.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Controllers/BlogPostController.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Web.Mvc;
 using Orchard.Blogs.Extensions;
 using Orchard.Blogs.Models;
@@ -63,6 +64,28 @@ namespace Orchard.Blogs.Controllers {
             return View(new BlogPostViewModel { Blog = blog, Post = post, ItemView = _contentManager.GetDisplayViewModel(post.ContentItem, null, "detail") });
         }
 
+        public ActionResult Slugify(string value) {
+            string slug = value;
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(value)) {
+                Regex regex = new Regex("([^a-z0-9-_]?)", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Compiled);
+
+                slug = value.Trim();
+                slug = slug.Replace(' ', '-');
+                slug = slug.Replace("---", "-");
+                slug = slug.Replace("--", "-");
+                slug = regex.Replace(slug, "");
+
+                if (slug.Length * 2 < value.Length)
+                    return Json("");
+
+                if (slug.Length > 100)
+                    slug = slug.Substring(0, 100);
+            }
+
+            return Json(slug);
+        }
+
         public ActionResult Create(string blogSlug) {
             //TODO: (erikpo) Move looking up the current blog up into a modelbinder
             Blog blog = _blogService.Get(blogSlug);
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Routes.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Routes.cs
index 968642be4..dd4144d05 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Routes.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Routes.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,20 @@ namespace Orchard.Blogs {
 
         public IEnumerable<RouteDescriptor> GetRoutes() {
             return new[] {
+                             new RouteDescriptor {
+                                                     Route = new Route(
+                                                         "Admin/Blogs/Slugify",
+                                                         new RouteValueDictionary {
+                                                                                      {"area", "Orchard.Blogs"},
+                                                                                      {"controller", "BlogPost"},
+                                                                                      {"action", "Slugify"}
+                                                                                  },
+                                                         new RouteValueDictionary(),
+                                                         new RouteValueDictionary {
+                                                                                      {"area", "Orchard.Blogs"}
+                                                                                  },
+                                                         new MvcRouteHandler())
+                                                 },
                              new RouteDescriptor {
                                                      Route = new Route(
                                                          "Admin/Blogs/Create",
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/ViewModels/BlogPostViewModel.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/ViewModels/BlogPostViewModel.cs
index 794d1f614..362ef45da 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/ViewModels/BlogPostViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/ViewModels/BlogPostViewModel.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Orchard.Blogs.Models;
 using Orchard.Models.ViewModels;
 using Orchard.Mvc.ViewModels;