diff --git a/src/linkahead/utils/escape.py b/src/linkahead/utils/escape.py
index d6b206fc458b7ba002603fafe51c3a7835202920..cae9eb9f9baade6a4490a82f61631705fdf485fd 100644
--- a/src/linkahead/utils/escape.py
+++ b/src/linkahead/utils/escape.py
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@
 # along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 
+import warnings
 
-def escape_quoted_text(text: str) -> str:
-    """The characters ``\\`` and ``*`` need to be escaped if used in quoted expressions in the query
-    language.
 
-    This function return the given string where the characters ``\\`` and ``*`` are escaped by
-    a ``\\``.
+def escape_squoted_text(text: str) -> str:
+    """The characters ``\\``, ``*`` and ``'`` need to be escaped if used in single quoted
+    expressions in the query language.
+
+    This function returns the given string where the characters ``\\``, ``'`` and ``*`` are
+    escaped by a ``\\``.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
@@ -37,4 +39,32 @@ def escape_quoted_text(text: str) -> str:
     str
         The escaped text
     """
-    return text.replace('\\', r'\\').replace('*', r'\*')
+    return text.replace('\\', r'\\').replace("'", "\\'").replace('*', r'\*')
+
+
+def escape_dquoted_text(text: str) -> str:
+    """The characters ``\\``, ``*`` and ``"`` need to be escaped if used in double quoted
+    expressions in the query language.
+
+    This function returns the given string where the characters ``\\``, ``"`` and ``*`` are
+    escaped by a ``\\``.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    text : str
+        The text to be escaped
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str
+        The escaped text
+    """
+    return text.replace('\\', r'\\').replace('"', '\\"').replace('*', r'\*')
+
+
+def escape_quoted_text(text: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Please use escape_squoted_text or escape_dquoted_text
+    """
+    warnings.warn("Please use escape_squoted_text or escape_dquoted_text", DeprecationWarning)
+    return escape_squoted_text(text)
diff --git a/unittests/test_utils.py b/unittests/test_utils.py
index 4fb223f7c71cd2ed2871016e776a5a25e5bc9001..fe4c9d031c22f608f63d181f2bbd53174366d7a2 100644
--- a/unittests/test_utils.py
+++ b/unittests/test_utils.py
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from linkahead.common.utils import xml2str
-from linkahead.utils.escape import escape_quoted_text
+from linkahead.utils.escape import (escape_dquoted_text, escape_quoted_text,
+                                    escape_squoted_text)
 from lxml.etree import Element
 
 
@@ -41,3 +42,5 @@ def test_escape_quoted_text():
     assert escape_quoted_text("bl\\a") == "bl\\\\a"
     assert escape_quoted_text("bl*a") == "bl\\*a"
     assert escape_quoted_text("bl*ab\\\\lab\\*labla") == "bl\\*ab\\\\\\\\lab\\\\\\*labla"
+    assert escape_squoted_text("bl'a") == "bl\\'a"
+    assert escape_dquoted_text('bl"a') == 'bl\\"a'