diff --git a/bin/xml2po.py b/bin/xml2po.py
index 34a561d26..4897c76e5 100755
--- a/bin/xml2po.py
+++ b/bin/xml2po.py
@@ -230,10 +230,10 @@ def stringForEntity(node):
 
 
 def escapePoString(text):
-    return text.replace('\\','\\\\').replace('"', "\\\"").replace("\n","\\n").replace("\t","\\t")
+    return text.replace('\\','\\\\').replace('"', "\\\"").replace("'","\\'").replace("\n","\\n").replace("\t","\\t")
 
 def unEscapePoString(text):
-    return text.replace('\\"', '"').replace('\\\\','\\')
+    return text.replace('\\"', '"').replace("\\'","'").replace('\\\\','\\')
 
 def getTranslation(text, spacepreserve = 0):
     """Returns a translation via gettext for specified snippet.