diff --git a/src/Base/Tools.cpp b/src/Base/Tools.cpp
index 9e313be85e..54a494c7fd 100644
--- a/src/Base/Tools.cpp
+++ b/src/Base/Tools.cpp
@@ -236,6 +236,26 @@ std::string Base::Tools::escapedUnicodeToUtf8(const std::string& s)
     return string;
 }
 
+std::string Base::Tools::escapeQuotesFromString(const std::string& s)
+{
+    std::string result;
+    size_t len = s.size();
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+        switch (s.at(i)) {
+            case '\"':
+                result += "\\\"";
+                break;
+            case '\'':
+                result += "\\\'";
+                break;
+            default:
+                result += s.at(i);
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
 QString Base::Tools::escapeEncodeString(const QString& s)
 {
     QString result;
diff --git a/src/Base/Tools.h b/src/Base/Tools.h
index ab7d566460..4f2c957b4b 100644
--- a/src/Base/Tools.h
+++ b/src/Base/Tools.h
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ struct BaseExport Tools
     static std::string narrow(const std::wstring& str);
     static std::string escapedUnicodeFromUtf8(const char* s);
     static std::string escapedUnicodeToUtf8(const std::string& s);
+    static std::string escapeQuotesFromString(const std::string& s);
 
     static QString escapeEncodeString(const QString& s);
     static std::string escapeEncodeString(const std::string& s);
diff --git a/tests/src/Base/Tools.cpp b/tests/src/Base/Tools.cpp
index f135e8caab..ba470294ee 100644
--- a/tests/src/Base/Tools.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/Base/Tools.cpp
@@ -145,4 +145,10 @@ TEST(BaseToolsSuite, TestJoinList)
 {
     EXPECT_EQ(Base::Tools::joinList({"AB", "CD"}), "AB, CD, ");
 }
+TEST(BaseToolsSuite, TestEscapeQuotesFromString)
+{
+    EXPECT_EQ(Base::Tools::escapeQuotesFromString("\'"), "\\\'");
+    EXPECT_EQ(Base::Tools::escapeQuotesFromString("\""), "\\\"");
+    EXPECT_EQ(Base::Tools::escapeQuotesFromString("\\"), "\\");
+}
 // NOLINTEND(cppcoreguidelines-*,readability-*)