diff --git a/Koha/SearchEngine/Zebra/QueryBuilder.pm b/Koha/SearchEngine/Zebra/QueryBuilder.pm
index b0011d09a9..8b8d3473e7 100644
--- a/Koha/SearchEngine/Zebra/QueryBuilder.pm
+++ b/Koha/SearchEngine/Zebra/QueryBuilder.pm
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ sub build_authorities_query_compat {
 sub clean_search_term {
     my ( $self, $term ) = @_;
 
+    $term =~ s/"/\\"/g;
+
     return $term;
 }