diff --git a/models/boards.js b/models/boards.js
index 35b00ee75..f4f0d8042 100644
--- a/models/boards.js
+++ b/models/boards.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const escapeForRegex = require('escape-string-regexp');
 Boards = new Mongo.Collection('boards');
 
 /**