diff --git a/src/conf/.gitlint b/src/conf/.gitlint
index 0fe745ae0c66efa19cb7e179eb643f54c4f61ddf..f1f58f91c5e0233cc3809a943ac97b38da20531e 100644
--- a/src/conf/.gitlint
+++ b/src/conf/.gitlint
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ min-length=5
 # python-style regex that the commit-msg title must match
 # Note that the regex can contradict with other rules if not used correctly
 # (e.g. title-must-not-contain-word).
-regex=^([0-9a-zA-Z]{1,}(: ))(.){1,}$
+regex=^([0-9a-zA-Z]{1,}(: ))((.)|-|_){1,}$
 
 [body-max-line-length]
 line-length=72