diff --git a/src/rebar_utils.erl b/src/rebar_utils.erl
index 2ac3a786..91082acb 100644
--- a/src/rebar_utils.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_utils.erl
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ url_append_path(Url, ExtraPath) ->
 escape_chars(Str) when is_atom(Str) ->
     escape_chars(atom_to_list(Str));
 escape_chars(Str) ->
-    re:replace(Str, "([ ()?`!$&;\"\'])", "\\\\&",
+    re:replace(Str, "([ ()?`!$&;\"\'\|\\t|~<>])", "\\\\&",
                [global, {return, list}, unicode]).
 
 %% "escape inside these"