diff --git a/C4/AuthoritiesMarc.pm b/C4/AuthoritiesMarc.pm
index 1eeb96454e..0122ca88b3 100644
--- a/C4/AuthoritiesMarc.pm
+++ b/C4/AuthoritiesMarc.pm
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ sub SearchAuthorities {
                 } else {
                     $attr .=" \@attr 5=1 \@attr 4=6 ";## Word list, right truncated, anywhere
                 }
+                @$value[$i] =~ s/"/\\"/g; # Escape the double-quotes in the search value
                 $attr =$attr."\"".@$value[$i]."\"";
                 $q2 .=$attr;
                 $dosearch=1;