diff --git a/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake.cpp b/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake.cpp
index 07f8d861dc6..53cd620dcb8 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake.cpp
@@ -767,7 +767,9 @@ UnixMakefileGenerator::escapeFilePath(const QString &path) const
     QString ret = path;
     if(!ret.isEmpty()) {
         ret.replace(QLatin1Char(' '), QLatin1String("\\ "))
-           .replace(QLatin1Char('\t'), QLatin1String("\\\t"));
+           .replace(QLatin1Char('\t'), QLatin1String("\\\t"))
+           .replace(QLatin1Char('\''), QLatin1String("\\'"))
+           .replace(QLatin1Char('"'), QLatin1String("\\\""));
         debug_msg(2, "EscapeFilePath: %s -> %s", path.toLatin1().constData(), ret.toLatin1().constData());
     }
     return ret;