diff --git a/projectmanagers/cmake/cmakecodecompletionmodel.cpp b/projectmanagers/cmake/cmakecodecompletionmodel.cpp
--- a/projectmanagers/cmake/cmakecodecompletionmodel.cpp
+++ b/projectmanagers/cmake/cmakecodecompletionmodel.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
 QString escapePath(QString path)
 {
-    static const QChar toBeEscaped[] = {'(', ')'};
+    static const QChar toBeEscaped[] = {'"', '(', ')', '#', '$', '^'};
     for(const QChar &ch : toBeEscaped)
     {
         path.replace(ch, "\\" + ch);