diff --git a/public/src/modules/slugify.js b/public/src/modules/slugify.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09ac707152
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/src/modules/slugify.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+'use strict';
+
+(function (factory) {
+	if (typeof module === 'object' && module.exports) {
+		module.exports = factory(require('xregexp'));
+	} else {
+		define('slugify', ['xregexp'], factory);
+	}
+}(function (XRegExp) {
+	var invalidUnicodeChars = XRegExp('[^\\p{L}\\s\\d\\-_]', 'g');
+	var invalidLatinChars = /[^\w\s\d\-_]/g;
+	var trimRegex = /^\s+|\s+$/g;
+	var collapseWhitespace = /\s+/g;
+	var collapseDash = /-+/g;
+	var trimTrailingDash = /-$/g;
+	var trimLeadingDash = /^-/g;
+	var isLatin = /^[\w\d\s.,\-@]+$/;
+
+	// http://dense13.com/blog/2009/05/03/converting-string-to-slug-javascript/
+	return function slugify(str, preserveCase) {
+		if (!str) {
+			return '';
+		}
+		str = String(str).replace(trimRegex, '');
+		if (isLatin.test(str)) {
+			str = str.replace(invalidLatinChars, '-');
+		} else {
+			str = XRegExp.replace(str, invalidUnicodeChars, '-');
+		}
+		str = !preserveCase ? str.toLocaleLowerCase() : str;
+		str = str.replace(collapseWhitespace, '-');
+		str = str.replace(collapseDash, '-');
+		str = str.replace(trimTrailingDash, '');
+		str = str.replace(trimLeadingDash, '');
+		return str;
+	};
+}));
diff --git a/public/src/utils.js b/public/src/utils.js
index 103eefe7fe..2b80762dab 100644
--- a/public/src/utils.js
+++ b/public/src/utils.js
@@ -330,6 +330,8 @@
 			return String(str).replace(new RegExp('<(\\/)?(' + (pattern || '[^\\s>]+') + ')(\\s+[^<>]*?)?\\s*(\\/)?>', 'gi'), '');
 		},
 
+
+		// TODO: remove XRegExp & all these in 1.16.0, they are moved to slugify module
 		invalidUnicodeChars: XRegExp('[^\\p{L}\\s\\d\\-_]', 'g'),
 		invalidLatinChars: /[^\w\s\d\-_]/g,
 		trimRegex: /^\s+|\s+$/g,
@@ -338,10 +340,15 @@
 		trimTrailingDash: /-$/g,
 		trimLeadingDash: /^-/g,
 		isLatin: /^[\w\d\s.,\-@]+$/,
-		languageKeyRegex: /\[\[[\w]+:.+\]\]/,
 
 		// http://dense13.com/blog/2009/05/03/converting-string-to-slug-javascript/
 		slugify: function (str, preserveCase) {
+			if (typeof module === 'object' && module.exports) {
+				console.warn('[deprecated] utils.slugify deprecated. Use `require("slugify")` instead');
+			} else {
+				console.warn('[deprecated] utils.slugify deprecated. Use `require(["slugify"], function (slugify) { ... })` instead');
+			}
+
 			if (!str) {
 				return '';
 			}
@@ -397,6 +404,7 @@
 			return !isNaN(parseFloat(n)) && isFinite(n);
 		},
 
+		languageKeyRegex: /\[\[[\w]+:.+\]\]/,
 		hasLanguageKey: function (input) {
 			return utils.languageKeyRegex.test(input);
 		},
diff --git a/src/meta/js.js b/src/meta/js.js
index e972ababf8..915a8250e0 100644
--- a/src/meta/js.js
+++ b/src/meta/js.js
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ JS.scripts = {
 		'compare-versions.js': 'node_modules/compare-versions/index.js',
 		'timeago/locales': 'node_modules/timeago/locales',
 		'jquery-form.js': 'node_modules/jquery-form/dist/jquery.form.min.js',
+		'xregexp.js': 'node_modules/xregexp/xregexp-all.js',
 	},
 };
 
diff --git a/src/slugify.js b/src/slugify.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ef70c1b87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/slugify.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+'use strict';
+
+module.exports = require('../public/src/modules/slugify');