diff --git a/jekyll.gemspec b/jekyll.gemspec
index ea593886..8678e498 100644
--- a/jekyll.gemspec
+++ b/jekyll.gemspec
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency('redcarpet', "~> 2.1.1")
   s.add_development_dependency('launchy', "~> 2.1.2")
   s.add_development_dependency('simplecov', "~> 0.7")
+  s.add_development_dependency('sequel', "~> 3.42")
+  s.add_development_dependency('htmlentities', "~> 4.3")
+  s.add_development_dependency('hpricot', "~> 0.8")
   
   # = MANIFEST =
   s.files = %w[
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/migrators/wordpress.rb b/lib/jekyll/migrators/wordpress.rb
index d2d19039..61e00ad1 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/migrators/wordpress.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/migrators/wordpress.rb
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ module Jekyll
       text.gsub!(">", ">")
       text.gsub!(""", '"')
       text.gsub!("'", "'")
+      text.gsub!("/", "/")
       text
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/migrators/wordpressdotcom.rb b/lib/jekyll/migrators/wordpressdotcom.rb
index 0fc8b902..286c302f 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/migrators/wordpressdotcom.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/migrators/wordpressdotcom.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ module Jekyll
         permalink_title = item.at('wp:post_name').inner_text
         # Fallback to "prettified" title if post_name is empty (can happen)
         if permalink_title == ""
-          permalink_title = title.downcase.split.join('-')
+          permalink_title = sluggify(title)
         end
 
         date = Time.parse(item.at('wp:post_date').inner_text)
@@ -74,5 +74,9 @@ module Jekyll
         puts "Imported #{value} #{key}s"
       end
     end
+
+    def self.sluggify(title)
+      title.downcase.split.join('-').gsub('/','-')
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/test_wordpress_migrator.rb b/test/test_wordpress_migrator.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..945fbc8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_wordpress_migrator.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+require 'helper'
+require 'jekyll/migrators/wordpress'
+require 'htmlentities'
+
+class TestWordpressMigrator < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  should "clean slashes from slugs" do
+    test_title = "blogs part 1/2"
+    assert_equal("blogs-part-1-2", Jekyll::WordPress.sluggify(test_title))
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/test_wordpressdotcom_migrator.rb b/test/test_wordpressdotcom_migrator.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb38737b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_wordpressdotcom_migrator.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+require 'helper'
+require 'jekyll/migrators/wordpressdotcom'
+
+class TestWordpressDotComMigrator < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  should "clean slashes from slugs" do
+    test_title = "blogs part 1/2"
+    assert_equal("blogs-part-1-2", Jekyll::WordpressDotCom.sluggify(test_title))
+  end
+end