diff --git a/lib/widgets/input_bar.dart b/lib/widgets/input_bar.dart
index 1bb1648c..82fa5d86 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/input_bar.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/input_bar.dart
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import 'package:flutter_gen/gen_l10n/l10n.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_typeahead/flutter_typeahead.dart';
 import 'package:cached_network_image/cached_network_image.dart';
+import 'package:slugify/slugify.dart';
 import 'avatar.dart';
 import 'matrix.dart';
 
@@ -110,7 +111,9 @@ class InputBar extends StatelessWidget {
       final userSearch = userMatch[1].toLowerCase();
       for (final user in room.getParticipants()) {
         if ((user.displayName != null &&
-                user.displayName.toLowerCase().contains(userSearch)) ||
+                (user.displayName.toLowerCase().contains(userSearch) ||
+                    slugify(user.displayName.toLowerCase())
+                        .contains(userSearch))) ||
             user.id.split(':')[0].toLowerCase().contains(userSearch)) {
           ret.add({
             'type': 'user',
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index 8c2a1a83..4fd44ca2 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ packages:
     source: sdk
     version: "0.0.99"
   slugify:
-    dependency: transitive
+    dependency: "direct main"
     description:
       name: slugify
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index a8544cdd..91acb270 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ dependencies:
   scroll_to_index: ^2.0.0
   sentry: ^5.1.0
   share: ^2.0.4
+  slugify: ^2.0.0
   swipe_to_action: ^0.2.0
   uni_links: ^0.5.1
   unifiedpush: ^1.0.6