diff --git a/infer/src/integration/XMLReport.ml b/infer/src/integration/XMLReport.ml
index 716615363..a196e5e6d 100644
--- a/infer/src/integration/XMLReport.ml
+++ b/infer/src/integration/XMLReport.ml
@@ -26,14 +26,15 @@ let pp_xml_issue f (issue : Jsonbug_t.jsonbug) =
     in
     match java_result with None -> ("", "", issue.procedure) | Some result -> result
   in
+  let esc = Escape.escape_xml in
   F.fprintf f
     {|<file name="%s">
     <violation begincolumn="%d" beginline="%d" endcolumn="%d" endline="%d" class="%s" method="%s" package="%s" priority="1" rule="%s" ruleset="Infer Rules" externalinfourl="https://fbinfer.com/%s">%s</violation>
   </file>|}
-    issue.file (max issue.column 0) issue.line (max issue.column 0) (issue.line + 1) java_class_name
-    method_name java_package issue.bug_type
-    (Help.abs_url_of_issue_type issue.bug_type)
-    issue.qualifier
+    (esc issue.file) (max issue.column 0) issue.line (max issue.column 0) (issue.line + 1)
+    (esc java_class_name) (esc method_name) (esc java_package) (esc issue.bug_type)
+    (esc (Help.abs_url_of_issue_type issue.bug_type))
+    (esc issue.qualifier)
 
 
 let is_user_visible (issue : Jsonbug_t.jsonbug) =