diff --git a/pkg/text/check_message_title.go b/pkg/text/check_message_title.go
index 529158f5..9d5b0238 100644
--- a/pkg/text/check_message_title.go
+++ b/pkg/text/check_message_title.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var (
 
 	// Fields such as category and chore should contain only word characters
 	categoryRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^\w+$`)
-	scopeRegex    = regexp.MustCompile(`^\w+(-\w+|_\w+| \w+)*$`)
+	scopeRegex    = regexp.MustCompile(`^\w+(-\w+|_\w+|/\w+| \w+)*$`)
 
 	// Commits with breaking changes should contain text with BREAKING CHANGE: at start
 	bcRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^BREAKING CHANGE: `)
diff --git a/pkg/text/check_message_title_test.go b/pkg/text/check_message_title_test.go
index bd5fb095..56f84cab 100644
--- a/pkg/text/check_message_title_test.go
+++ b/pkg/text/check_message_title_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ func TestCheckMessageTitleNonStrict(t *testing.T) {
 			quoad.Commit{Category: "test", Heading: "a heading", Body: "body is here", Breaking: true},
 			quoad.Commit{Category: "test", Scope: "dashed-scope", Heading: "a heading", Body: "body is here", Breaking: true},
 			quoad.Commit{Category: "test", Scope: "undescore_scope", Heading: "a heading", Body: "body is here", Breaking: true},
+			quoad.Commit{Category: "test", Scope: "slash/scope", Heading: "a heading", Body: "body is here", Breaking: true},
 		},
 		errCategoryWrongFormat: []quoad.Commit{
 			quoad.Commit{Category: "fix!", Breaking: true, Heading: "breaking"},