diff --git a/string_utils/string_utils.go b/string_utils/string_utils.go
index 9cdc1faf95feea68f60399c63175e3c51b4c029b..727afecadbc28c7799ebd8d7812d7f135e823d6e 100644
--- a/string_utils/string_utils.go
+++ b/string_utils/string_utils.go
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ func IsAlphaNumeric(str string) bool {
 	return regex.MatchString(str)
 }
 
+func IsAlphaNumericOrDash(str string) bool {
+	regex := regexp.MustCompile("^[a-zA-Z0-9-]*$")
+	return regex.MatchString(str)
+}
+
 func Equal(a string, b string) bool {
 	return strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToLower(a)) == strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToLower(b))
 }