diff --git a/Source/cmExtraEclipseCDT4Generator.cxx b/Source/cmExtraEclipseCDT4Generator.cxx
index d04ee73ebe..713aeb939a 100644
--- a/Source/cmExtraEclipseCDT4Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmExtraEclipseCDT4Generator.cxx
@@ -573,7 +573,8 @@ void cmExtraEclipseCDT4Generator::CreateCProjectFile() const
           {
           emmited.insert(def);
           fout << "<pathentry kind=\"mac\" name=\"" << def
-               << "\" path=\"\" value=\"" << val << "\"/>\n";
+               << "\" path=\"\" value=\"" << this->EscapeForXML(val) 
+               << "\"/>\n";
           }
         }
       }
@@ -792,6 +793,19 @@ cmExtraEclipseCDT4Generator::GenerateProjectName(const std::string& name,
   return name + (type.empty() ? "" : "-") + type + "@" + path;
 }
 
+std::string cmExtraEclipseCDT4Generator::EscapeForXML(const std::string& value)
+{
+  std::string str = value;
+  cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(str, "&", "&amp;");
+  cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(str, "<", "&lt;");
+  cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(str, ">", "&gt;");
+  cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(str, "\"", "&quot;");
+  // NOTE: This one is not necessary, since as of Eclipse CDT4 it will
+  //       automatically change this to the original value (').
+  //cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(str, "'", "&apos;");
+  return str;
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Helper functions
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Source/cmExtraEclipseCDT4Generator.h b/Source/cmExtraEclipseCDT4Generator.h
index aa9da23e10..349156a34d 100644
--- a/Source/cmExtraEclipseCDT4Generator.h
+++ b/Source/cmExtraEclipseCDT4Generator.h
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ private:
                                          const std::string& type,
                                          const std::string& path);
 
+  static std::string EscapeForXML(const std::string& value);
+
   // Helper functions
   static void AppendStorageScanners(cmGeneratedFileStream& fout);
   static void AppendTarget         (cmGeneratedFileStream& fout,