diff --git a/CMakeChecksCache/DumpCMakeVariables.cmake b/CMakeChecksCache/DumpCMakeVariables.cmake
index 9d4a0ba..5267e7e 100644
--- a/CMakeChecksCache/DumpCMakeVariables.cmake
+++ b/CMakeChecksCache/DumpCMakeVariables.cmake
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ foreach (_cacheVariable ${_cachedVariableNames})
     get_property(_type CACHE "${_cacheVariable}" PROPERTY TYPE)
     get_property(_advanced CACHE "${_cacheVariable}" PROPERTY ADVANCED)
     get_property(_help_string CACHE "${_cacheVariable}" PROPERTY HELPSTRING)
+    string(REPLACE "\"" "\\\"" ${_cacheVariable} "${${_cacheVariable}}")
     if (NOT "${_type}" STREQUAL "UNINITIALIZED" AND NOT "${_type}" STREQUAL "STATIC")
         file(APPEND ${CMAKE_CHECKS_CACHE_FILE} "set(${_cacheVariable} \"${${_cacheVariable}}\" CACHE ${_type} \"${_help_string}\")\n")
         if (${_advanced})