diff --git a/lib/path.cpp b/lib/path.cpp
index 6660e5089..0a042f95e 100644
--- a/lib/path.cpp
+++ b/lib/path.cpp
@@ -114,3 +114,19 @@ bool Path::sameFileName(const std::string &fname1, const std::string &fname2)
     return bool(_stricmp(fname1.c_str(), fname2.c_str()) == 0);
 #endif
 }
+
+std::string Path::removeQuotationMarks(const std::string &path)
+{
+    size_t pos = path.length() - 1;
+    std::string editPath(path);
+    while (pos != std::string::npos)
+    {
+        pos = editPath.rfind('\"', pos);
+        if (pos != std::string::npos)
+        {
+            editPath.erase(pos, 1);
+            --pos;
+        }
+    }
+    return editPath;
+}
diff --git a/lib/path.h b/lib/path.h
index 2de7a1653..1607723c1 100644
--- a/lib/path.h
+++ b/lib/path.h
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ public:
      * @return true if the filenames match on the current platform
      */
     static bool sameFileName(const std::string &fname1, const std::string &fname2);
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Remove quotation marks (") from the path.
+     * @param originalPath path to be cleaned.
+     * @return Cleaned path without quotation marks.
+     */
+    static std::string removeQuotationMarks(const std::string &path);
 };
 
 /// @}
diff --git a/test/testpath.cpp b/test/testpath.cpp
index c52251b41..8e529ee7e 100644
--- a/test/testpath.cpp
+++ b/test/testpath.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ private:
 
     void simplify_path()
     {
+        // Path::simplifyPath()
         ASSERT_EQUALS("index.h", Path::simplifyPath("index.h"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("/index.h", Path::simplifyPath("/index.h"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("/path/", Path::simplifyPath("/path/"));
@@ -49,6 +50,16 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("a/..", Path::simplifyPath("a/.."));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("../../src/test.cpp", Path::simplifyPath("../../src/test.cpp"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("../../../src/test.cpp", Path::simplifyPath("../../../src/test.cpp"));
+
+        // Path::removeQuotationMarks()
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("index.cpp", Path::removeQuotationMarks("index.cpp"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("index.cpp", Path::removeQuotationMarks("\"index.cpp"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("index.cpp", Path::removeQuotationMarks("index.cpp\""));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("index.cpp", Path::removeQuotationMarks("\"index.cpp\""));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("path to/index.cpp", Path::removeQuotationMarks("\"path to\"/index.cpp"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("path to/index.cpp", Path::removeQuotationMarks("\"path to/index.cpp\""));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("the/path to/index.cpp", Path::removeQuotationMarks("the/\"path to\"/index.cpp"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("the/path to/index.cpp", Path::removeQuotationMarks("\"the/path to/index.cpp\""));
     }
 };