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diff --git a/src/assert.cc b/src/assert.cc
index 91abba85..fd97c0b9 100644
--- a/src/assert.cc
+++ b/src/assert.cc
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ bool notify_fatal_error(StringView msg)
return MessageBox(NULL, msg.zstr(), "Kakoune: fatal error",
MB_OKCANCEL | MB_ICONERROR) == IDOK;
#elif defined(__linux__)
- auto cmd = format("xmessage -buttons 'quit:0,ignore:1' '{}'", msg);
+ auto cmd = format("xmessage -buttons 'quit:0,ignore:1' '{}'", replace(msg, "'", "'\\''"));
int status = system(cmd.c_str());
return (WIFEXITED(status)) ? (WEXITSTATUS(status)) == 1 : false;
#else