diff --git a/src/transferlistwidget.cpp b/src/transferlistwidget.cpp
index cde8d51bf..a70f7b7e0 100644
--- a/src/transferlistwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/transferlistwidget.cpp
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ void TransferListWidget::applyLabelFilter(QString label) {
     return;
   }
   qDebug("Applying Label filter: %s", qPrintable(label));
-  labelFilterModel->setFilterRegExp(QRegExp("^"+label+"$", Qt::CaseSensitive));
+  labelFilterModel->setFilterRegExp(QRegExp("^" + QRegExp::escape(label) + "$", Qt::CaseSensitive));
 }
 
 void TransferListWidget::applyNameFilter(QString name) {