diff --git a/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/App/Sheet.cpp b/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/App/Sheet.cpp
index 241bdf30e9..589b0d90a0 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/App/Sheet.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/App/Sheet.cpp
@@ -342,7 +342,8 @@ bool Sheet::exportToFile(const std::string& filename,
 
         std::string str = field.str();
 
-        if (quoteChar && str.find(quoteChar) != std::string::npos) {
+        if (quoteChar
+            && str.find_first_of(std::string(quoteChar, delimiter)) != std::string::npos) {
             writeEscaped(str, quoteChar, escapeChar, file);
         }
         else {