diff --git a/CMakeModules/markdown2C.cmake b/CMakeModules/markdown2C.cmake
index cabf134849..bb898fe7a4 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/markdown2C.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/markdown2C.cmake
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ file( READ ${inputFile} buffer )
 file( WRITE ${outputFile} "// Do not edit this file, it is autogenerated by CMake from an .md file\n" )
 
 # Replace each EOL char by "\n" + " + EOL
-STRING(REGEX REPLACE "\n" "\\\\n\"\n\"" buff_m ${buffer})
+STRING(REGEX REPLACE "\"" "\\\\\"" linem ${buffer})
+STRING(REGEX REPLACE "\n" "\\\\n\"\n\"" buff_m ${linem})
 
 # Write the buffer between quotes
 file( APPEND ${outputFile} "_HKI( \"" ${buff_m} "\" )\n" )