diff --git a/src/virtManager/delete.py b/src/virtManager/delete.py
index 4830402f..79d267e2 100644
--- a/src/virtManager/delete.py
+++ b/src/virtManager/delete.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class vmmDeleteDialog(vmmGObjectUI):
 
         # Set VM name in title'
         title_str = ("<span size='x-large'>%s '%s'</span>" %
-                     (_("Delete"), self.vm.get_name()))
+                     (_("Delete"), util.xml_escape(self.vm.get_name())))
         self.widget("delete-main-label").set_markup(title_str)
 
         self.widget("delete-cancel").grab_focus()
diff --git a/src/virtManager/manager.py b/src/virtManager/manager.py
index bdbd0af3..d1b0d9ec 100644
--- a/src/virtManager/manager.py
+++ b/src/virtManager/manager.py
@@ -701,12 +701,12 @@ class vmmManager(vmmGObjectUI):
         return hint
 
     def _build_conn_markup(self, conn, row):
+        name = util.xml_escape(row[ROW_NAME])
+        text = name
         if conn.state == conn.STATE_DISCONNECTED:
-            text = str(row[ROW_NAME]) + " - " + _("Not Connected")
+            text += " - " + _("Not Connected")
         elif conn.state == conn.STATE_CONNECTING:
-            text = str(row[ROW_NAME]) + " - " + _("Connecting...")
-        else:
-            text = str(row[ROW_NAME])
+            text += " - " + _("Connecting...")
 
         markup = "<span size='smaller'>%s</span>" % text
         return markup
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ class vmmManager(vmmGObjectUI):
 
     def _build_vm_markup(self, row):
         domtext     = ("<span size='smaller' weight='bold'>%s</span>" %
-                       row[ROW_NAME])
+                       util.xml_escape(row[ROW_NAME]))
         statetext   = "<span size='smaller'>%s</span>" % row[ROW_STATUS]
         return domtext + "\n" + statetext
 
diff --git a/src/virtManager/migrate.py b/src/virtManager/migrate.py
index 1096840c..313ada78 100644
--- a/src/virtManager/migrate.py
+++ b/src/virtManager/migrate.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class vmmMigrateDialog(vmmGObjectUI):
 
     def reset_state(self):
         title_str = ("<span size='large' color='white'>%s '%s'</span>" %
-                     (_("Migrate"), self.vm.get_name()))
+                     (_("Migrate"), util.xml_escape(self.vm.get_name())))
         self.widget("migrate-main-label").set_markup(title_str)
 
         self.widget("migrate-cancel").grab_focus()
diff --git a/src/virtManager/util.py b/src/virtManager/util.py
index cec882f5..d351cb3e 100644
--- a/src/virtManager/util.py
+++ b/src/virtManager/util.py
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import virtinst
 
 running_config = None
 
+xml_escape = virtinst.util.xml_escape
+
 # FIXME: selinux policy also has a ~/VirtualMachines/isos dir
 def get_default_pool_path(conn):
     if conn.is_session_uri():