diff --git a/plugins/sendto/sendto.py b/plugins/sendto/sendto.py
index 76d1aed..97dec0f 100644
--- a/plugins/sendto/sendto.py
+++ b/plugins/sendto/sendto.py
@@ -72,4 +72,5 @@ class SendToPlugin (GObject.Object, Peas.Activatable):
 
 		entries = page.get_entry_view().get_selected_entries()
 		cmdline = 'nautilus-sendto ' + " ".join(entry.get_playback_uri() for entry in entries)
+                cmdline = cmdline.replace("'", r"\'")
 		GLib.spawn_command_line_async(cmdline)
