diff --git a/gui/xmlreport.cpp b/gui/xmlreport.cpp
index ce009e3ef..a63aa5be2 100644
--- a/gui/xmlreport.cpp
+++ b/gui/xmlreport.cpp
@@ -27,3 +27,13 @@ XmlReport::XmlReport(const QString &filename, QObject * parent) :
 {
 }
 
+QString XmlReport::quoteMessage(const QString &message)
+{
+    QString quotedMessage(message);
+    quotedMessage.replace("&", "&");
+    quotedMessage.replace("\"", """);
+    quotedMessage.replace("'", "'");
+    quotedMessage.replace("<", "&lt;");
+    quotedMessage.replace(">", "&gt;");
+    return quotedMessage;
+}
diff --git a/gui/xmlreport.h b/gui/xmlreport.h
index b1afd192f..bb94bb79b 100644
--- a/gui/xmlreport.h
+++ b/gui/xmlreport.h
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ class XmlReport : public Report
 {
 public:
     XmlReport(const QString &filename, QObject * parent = 0);
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Quote the message.
+     * @param message Message to quote.
+     * @return quoted message.
+     */
+    static QString quoteMessage(const QString &message);
 };
 /// @}
 
diff --git a/gui/xmlreportv1.cpp b/gui/xmlreportv1.cpp
index 9fa8cbfd3..7fdf2d5fb 100644
--- a/gui/xmlreportv1.cpp
+++ b/gui/xmlreportv1.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <QDebug>
 #include "report.h"
 #include "erroritem.h"
+#include "xmlreport.h"
 #include "xmlreportv1.h"
 
 static const char ResultElementName[] = "results";
@@ -93,13 +94,15 @@ void XmlReportV1::WriteError(const ErrorItem &error)
     */
 
     mXmlWriter->writeStartElement(ErrorElementName);
-    const QString file = QDir::toNativeSeparators(error.files[error.files.size() - 1]);
+    QString file = QDir::toNativeSeparators(error.files[error.files.size() - 1]);
+    file = XmlReport::quoteMessage(file);
     mXmlWriter->writeAttribute(FilenameAttribute, file);
     const QString line = QString::number(error.lines[error.lines.size() - 1]);
     mXmlWriter->writeAttribute(LineAttribute, line);
     mXmlWriter->writeAttribute(IdAttribute, error.id);
     mXmlWriter->writeAttribute(SeverityAttribute, error.severity);
-    mXmlWriter->writeAttribute(MsgAttribute, error.message);
+    const QString message = XmlReport::quoteMessage(error.message);
+    mXmlWriter->writeAttribute(MsgAttribute, message);
     mXmlWriter->writeEndElement();
 }
 
diff --git a/gui/xmlreportv2.cpp b/gui/xmlreportv2.cpp
index 4caf7d05e..6c4fc088f 100644
--- a/gui/xmlreportv2.cpp
+++ b/gui/xmlreportv2.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <QDebug>
 #include "report.h"
 #include "erroritem.h"
+#include "xmlreport.h"
 #include "xmlreportv2.h"
 #include "cppcheck.h"
 
@@ -110,14 +111,17 @@ void XmlReportV2::WriteError(const ErrorItem &error)
     mXmlWriter->writeStartElement(ErrorElementName);
     mXmlWriter->writeAttribute(IdAttribute, error.id);
     mXmlWriter->writeAttribute(SeverityAttribute, error.severity);
-    mXmlWriter->writeAttribute(MsgAttribute, error.summary);
-    mXmlWriter->writeAttribute(VerboseAttribute, error.message);
+    const QString summary = XmlReport::quoteMessage(error.summary);
+    mXmlWriter->writeAttribute(MsgAttribute, summary);
+    const QString message = XmlReport::quoteMessage(error.message);
+    mXmlWriter->writeAttribute(VerboseAttribute, message);
 
     for (int i = 0; i < error.files.count(); i++)
     {
         mXmlWriter->writeStartElement(LocationElementName);
 
-        const QString file = QDir::toNativeSeparators(error.files[i]);
+        QString file = QDir::toNativeSeparators(error.files[i]);
+        file = XmlReport::quoteMessage(file);
         mXmlWriter->writeAttribute(FilenameAttribute, file);
         const QString line = QString::number(error.lines[i]);
         mXmlWriter->writeAttribute(LineAttribute, line);