diff --git a/misc/userscripts/qute-pass b/misc/userscripts/qute-pass
index fc897be07..892f9c5da 100755
--- a/misc/userscripts/qute-pass
+++ b/misc/userscripts/qute-pass
@@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ def dmenu(items, invocation, encoding):
 
 def fake_key_raw(text):
     for character in text:
-        qute_command('fake-key {}'.format(character))
+        # Escape all characters by default, space requires special handling
+        sequence = '" "' if character == ' ' else '\{}'.format(character)
+        qute_command('fake-key {}'.format(sequence))
 
 
 def main(arguments):