diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index 95f0977ea..42b7632b5 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -1022,6 +1022,9 @@ std::string cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::EscapeForXML(const char* s)
 {
   std::string ret = s;
   cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(ret, "\"", """);
+  cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(ret, "&", "&");
+  cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(ret, "<", "&lt;");
+  cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(ret, ">", "&gt;");
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1029,6 +1032,9 @@ std::string cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::ConvertToXMLOutputPath(const char* pa
 {
   std::string ret = cmSystemTools::ConvertToOutputPath(path);
   cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(ret, "\"", "&quot;");
+  cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(ret, "&", "&amp;");
+  cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(ret, "<", "&lt;");
+  cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(ret, ">", "&gt;");
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1036,6 +1042,9 @@ std::string cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::ConvertToXMLOutputPathSingle(const ch
 {
   std::string ret = cmSystemTools::ConvertToOutputPath(path);
   cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(ret, "\"", "");
+  cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(ret, "&", "&amp;");
+  cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(ret, "<", "&lt;");
+  cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(ret, ">", "&gt;");
   return ret;
 }