diff --git a/rtgui/editorpanel.cc b/rtgui/editorpanel.cc
index 3ccbd0dec..e3dc326bf 100644
--- a/rtgui/editorpanel.cc
+++ b/rtgui/editorpanel.cc
@@ -705,8 +705,8 @@ void EditorPanel::info_toggled () {
         }
 
         infoString3 = Glib::ustring::compose ("<span size=\"small\">%1</span><span>%2</span>",
-        		Glib::path_get_dirname(openThm->getFileName()) + G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S,
-        		Glib::path_get_basename(openThm->getFileName()));
+        				escapeHtmlChars(Glib::path_get_dirname(openThm->getFileName())) + G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S,
+        				escapeHtmlChars(Glib::path_get_basename(openThm->getFileName()))  );
 
         infoString = Glib::ustring::compose ("%1\n%2\n%3",infoString1, infoString2, infoString3);
     }
diff --git a/rtgui/guiutils.cc b/rtgui/guiutils.cc
index 1b105267e..611398297 100644
--- a/rtgui/guiutils.cc
+++ b/rtgui/guiutils.cc
@@ -28,6 +28,37 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
+Glib::ustring escapeHtmlChars(const Glib::ustring &src) {
+
+    // Sources chars to be escaped
+    static const Glib::ustring srcChar("&<>");
+
+    // Destination strings, in the same order than the source
+    static std::vector<Glib::ustring> dstChar(3);
+    dstChar.at(0) = "&amp;";
+    dstChar.at(1) = "&lt;";
+    dstChar.at(2) = "&gt;";
+
+    // Copying the original string, that will be modified
+    Glib::ustring dst(src);
+
+    // Iterating all chars of the copy of the source string
+    for (size_t i=0; i<dst.length();) {
+
+        // Looking out if it's part of the characters to be escaped
+        size_t pos = srcChar.find_first_of(dst.at(i), 0);
+
+        if (pos != Glib::ustring::npos) {
+            // If yes, replacing the char in the destination string
+            dst.replace(i, 1, dstChar.at(pos));
+            // ... and going forward  by the length of the new string
+            i += dstChar.at(pos).length();
+        }
+        else ++i;
+    }
+    return dst;
+}
+
 bool removeIfThere (Gtk::Container* cont, Gtk::Widget* w, bool increference) {
 
     Glib::ListHandle<Gtk::Widget*> list = cont->get_children ();
diff --git a/rtgui/guiutils.h b/rtgui/guiutils.h
index 392689c0c..1eed7274b 100644
--- a/rtgui/guiutils.h
+++ b/rtgui/guiutils.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <gtkmm.h>
 #include "../rtengine/rtengine.h"
 
+Glib::ustring escapeHtmlChars(const Glib::ustring &src);
 bool removeIfThere (Gtk::Container* cont, Gtk::Widget* w, bool increference=true);
 void thumbInterp (const unsigned char* src, int sw, int sh, unsigned char* dst, int dw, int dh);
 Glib::ustring removeExtension (const Glib::ustring& filename);