diff --git a/app/services/search_criteria.rb b/app/services/search_criteria.rb
index 975e753b37d..fb6fa183894 100644
--- a/app/services/search_criteria.rb
+++ b/app/services/search_criteria.rb
@@ -44,6 +44,17 @@ def sanitize_direction(direction)
   def transform(query)
     words = query.gsub(/\s+/m, ' ').strip.split(" ")
     words.map! { |item| lemmatize(item) }
+    added_results = []
+    words.each do |word|
+      if word.include? "-"
+        added_results << (word.delete '-')
+      end
+      hyphenated_word = results_with_probable_hyphens(word)
+      if hyphenated_word != word
+        added_results << hyphenated_word
+      end
+    end
+    words += added_results
     words.join(' ')
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/related_and_hyphenated_terms.dict.txt b/lib/related_and_hyphenated_terms.dict.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8cdbca03a9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/related_and_hyphenated_terms.dict.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+noun purpleair purple-air
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/text_search.rb b/lib/text_search.rb
index cc19d9858ff..b62e21b3053 100644
--- a/lib/text_search.rb
+++ b/lib/text_search.rb
@@ -5,4 +5,9 @@ def lemmatize(word)
     lem = Lemmatizer.new
     lem.lemma(word)
   end
+
+  def results_with_probable_hyphens(word)
+    lem = Lemmatizer.new("lib/related_and_hyphenated_terms.dict.txt")
+    lem.lemma(word)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/fixtures/nodes.yml b/test/fixtures/nodes.yml
index 295e54f6871..db7689481b1 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/nodes.yml
+++ b/test/fixtures/nodes.yml
@@ -357,3 +357,27 @@ search_trawling:
   type: "note"
   cached_likes: 0
   slug: "could-the-babylegs-diy"
+
+purple_air_without_hyphen:
+  nid: 30
+  uid: 5
+  title: "This is purpleair without hyphen"
+  path: "/notes/admin/02-20-2019/purple-air-without-hyphen"
+  created: <%= DateTime.new(2019,2,20).to_i %>
+  changed: <%= DateTime.new(2019,2,20).to_i %>
+  status: 1
+  type: "note"
+  cached_likes: 0
+  slug: "purple-air-without-hyphen"
+
+purple_air_with_hyphen:
+  nid: 31
+  uid: 2
+  title: "This is purple-air with hyphen"
+  path: "/notes/admin/02-20-2019/purple-air-with-hyphen"
+  created: <%= DateTime.new(2019,2,20).to_i %>
+  changed: <%= DateTime.new(2019,2,20).to_i %>
+  status: 1
+  type: "note"
+  cached_likes: 0
+  slug: "purple-air-with-hyphen"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/revisions.yml b/test/fixtures/revisions.yml
index 6d2c691bdcb..ce4098fd453 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/revisions.yml
+++ b/test/fixtures/revisions.yml
@@ -326,4 +326,18 @@ search_trawling:
   title: "Could the BabyLegs DIY trawling?"
   body: "BabyLegs is a research trawling."
   timestamp: <%= DateTime.new(2019,1,07).to_i %>
+
+purple_air_without_hyphen:
+  nid: 30
+  uid: 5
+  title: "This is purpleair without hyphen"
+  body: "purpleair is one of the most searched terms on public labs."
+  timestamp: <%= DateTime.new(2019,2,20).to_i %>
+
+purple_air_with_hyphen:
+  nid: 31
+  uid: 2
+  title: "This is purple-air with hyphen"
+  body: "Is Purple-air searched with hyphens or without hyphens?"
+  timestamp: <%= DateTime.new(2019,2,20).to_i %>
   
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/functional/notes_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/notes_controller_test.rb
index e62845d0ae8..d2623a52580 100644
--- a/test/functional/notes_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/notes_controller_test.rb
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ def teardown
 
     assert_response :success
     selector = css_select 'div.note'
-    assert_equal selector.size, 23
+    assert_equal selector.size, 25
     assert_select "div p", 'Pending approval by community moderators. Please be patient!'
   end
 
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ def teardown
 
     assert_response :success
     selector = css_select 'div.note'
-    assert_equal selector.size, 23
+    assert_equal selector.size, 25
     assert_select "p", "Moderate first-time post: \n              Approve\n              Spam"
   end
 
diff --git a/test/functional/search_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/search_controller_test.rb
index 45b7e3322c2..d473bee848c 100644
--- a/test/functional/search_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/search_controller_test.rb
@@ -77,4 +77,19 @@ class SearchControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     assert_equal nodes_with_trawl, nodes_with_trawls
     assert_response :success
   end
+
+  test "search for hyphenated searches returns results for non hyphenated searches as well" do
+    get :all_content, params: { :query => "purple-air" }
+    nodes_with_purple_air = assigns(:nodes)
+
+    get :all_content, params: { :query => "purpleair" }
+    nodes_with_purpleair = assigns(:nodes)
+    flag = false
+    nodes_with_purpleair.each do |key,val|
+      if nodes_with_purpleair[key].length != nodes_with_purple_air[key].length
+        flag = true
+      end
+    end
+    assert_not flag
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/node_test.rb b/test/unit/node_test.rb
index 0a14e1ee933..7d5dc8ac1f4 100644
--- a/test/unit/node_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/node_test.rb
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ class NodeTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     expected = [nodes(:one), nodes(:spam), nodes(:first_timer_note), nodes(:blog),
                 nodes(:moderated_user_note), nodes(:activity), nodes(:upgrade),
                 nodes(:draft), nodes(:post_test1), nodes(:post_test2),
-                nodes(:post_test3), nodes(:post_test4), nodes(:scraped_image), nodes(:search_trawling)]
+                nodes(:post_test3), nodes(:post_test4), nodes(:scraped_image), nodes(:search_trawling), nodes(:purple_air_without_hyphen), nodes(:purple_air_with_hyphen)]
     assert_equal expected, notes
   end