diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/bean/KeywordSearch.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/bean/KeywordSearch.java
index 96f6327635..741b5224cf 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/bean/KeywordSearch.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/bean/KeywordSearch.java
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ public class KeywordSearch extends DeclarativeWebScript
         {
             // construct search statement
             String[] terms = searchTerms.split(" "); 
+            searchTerms = searchTerms.replaceAll("\"", """); 
 
             // Escape special characters in the terms, so that they can't confuse the parser 
             for (int i=0; i<terms.length; i++)