diff --git a/scripts/git.cmake b/scripts/git.cmake
index 4b9d674a..cc02c0d9 100644
--- a/scripts/git.cmake
+++ b/scripts/git.cmake
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ if(Git_FOUND)
         OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_COMMIT_SUBJECT
         ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 
+    # Commit messages may have quotes in them, which can affect the const char* variable.
+    string(REPLACE "\"" "\\\"" GIT_COMMIT_SUBJECT "${GIT_COMMIT_SUBJECT}")
+
     # branch name
     execute_process(COMMAND
         "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" branch --show-current