diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/meta.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/meta.pm
index d04bc1d51..18e28a196 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/meta.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/meta.pm
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ sub preprocess (@) { #{{{
 		}
 	}
 	elsif ($key eq 'title') {
-		$title{$page}=$value;
+		$title{$page}=encode_entities($value);
 	}
 	elsif ($key eq 'permalink') {
 		$permalink{$page}=$value;