diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/util/json/JsonUtil.java b/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/util/json/JsonUtil.java
index 002322b..a10bd17 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/util/json/JsonUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/util/json/JsonUtil.java
@@ -533,4 +533,8 @@ public class JsonUtil {
 
     public static JsonStringEncoder getJsonStringEncoder() { return JsonStringEncoder.getInstance(); }
 
+    public static String jsonQuoteRegex (String val) {
+        return val.replaceAll("([-/^$*+?.()|\\[\\]{}])", "\\\\$1");
+    }
+
 }