diff --git a/autotests/kfilewidgettest.cpp b/autotests/kfilewidgettest.cpp
--- a/autotests/kfilewidgettest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/kfilewidgettest.cpp
@@ -362,6 +362,13 @@
             << filter
             << QStringLiteral("some.txt")
             << QStringLiteral("some.txt");
+
+        // \" in filename
+        QTest::newRow("\"some\".txt")
+            << "\"some\".txt"
+            << filter
+            << QStringLiteral("\"some\".txt")
+            << QStringLiteral("\"some\".txt");
     }
 
     void testSetFilterForSave()
diff --git a/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp b/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp
--- a/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp
@@ -1735,7 +1735,7 @@
     return urlList;
 }
 
-// FIXME: current implementation drawback: a filename can't contain quotes
+// FIXME: current implementation drawback: a filename can't contain '" "'
 QList<QUrl> KFileWidgetPrivate::tokenize(const QString &line) const
 {
 //     qDebug();
@@ -1747,8 +1747,10 @@
     }
     QString name;
 
-    const int count = line.count(QLatin1Char('"'));
-    if (count == 0) {   // no " " -> assume one single file
+    const QRegularExpression re(QStringLiteral("\" \""));
+    const auto match = re.match(line);
+
+    if (!match.hasMatch()) {
         if (!QDir::isAbsolutePath(line)) {
             u = u.adjusted(QUrl::RemoveFilename);
             u.setPath(u.path() + line);
@@ -1762,15 +1764,20 @@
         return urls;
     }
 
-    int start = 0;
-    int index1 = -1, index2 = -1;
+    int index1 = 0, index2 = -1;
     while (true) {
-        index1 = line.indexOf(QLatin1Char('"'), start);
-        index2 = line.indexOf(QLatin1Char('"'), index1 + 1);
+        index1 = line.indexOf(QStringLiteral("\""), index1);
+        // find next word separator
+        index2 = line.indexOf(QStringLiteral("\" \""), index1 + 1);
 
-        if (index1 < 0 || index2 < 0) {
+        if (index1 < 0) {
             break;
         }
+        if (index2 == -1) {
+            // when no word separator is found
+            // grab everything left until last character
+            index2 = line.length() -1;
+        }
 
         // get everything between the " "
         name = line.mid(index1 + 1, index2 - index1 - 1);
@@ -1792,7 +1799,7 @@
             urls.append(_u);
         }
 
-        start = index2 + 1;
+        index1 = index2 + 1;
     }
 
     return urls;