diff --git a/public/app/features/templating/templateSrv.js b/public/app/features/templating/templateSrv.js
index ece69302196..98103f5259f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/templating/templateSrv.js
+++ b/public/app/features/templating/templateSrv.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function (angular, _) {
     };
 
     function regexEscape(value) {
-      return value.replace(/[\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g, '\\$&');
+      return value.replace(/[\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}\/]/g, '\\$&');
     }
 
     function luceneEscape(value) {