diff --git a/lib/errorlogger.cpp b/lib/errorlogger.cpp
index 7a34e6685c0..e84ad884569 100644
--- a/lib/errorlogger.cpp
+++ b/lib/errorlogger.cpp
@@ -779,6 +779,12 @@ std::string ErrorLogger::toxml(const std::string &str)
         case '\n':
             xml += "
";
             break;
+        case '\t':
+            xml += "	";
+            break;
+        case '\r':
+            xml += "
";
+            break;
         default:
             if (c >= ' ' && c <= 0x7f)
                 xml += c;