diff --git a/morituri/extern/task/ChangeLog b/morituri/extern/task/ChangeLog
index bdade9d..907a2bf 100644
--- a/morituri/extern/task/ChangeLog
+++ b/morituri/extern/task/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-08-05  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
+
+	* gstreamer.py:
+	  Add quoteParse() method.
+
 2011-08-05  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
 
 	* gstreamer.py:
diff --git a/morituri/extern/task/gstreamer.py b/morituri/extern/task/gstreamer.py
index 91e69ec..98486a6 100644
--- a/morituri/extern/task/gstreamer.py
+++ b/morituri/extern/task/gstreamer.py
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@
 
 import task
 
+def quoteParse(path):
+    """
+    Quote a path for use in gst.parse_launch.
+    """
+    # Make sure double quotes are escaped.  See
+    # morituri.test.test_common_checksum
+
+    return path.replace('"', '\\"')
+
+
 class GstException(Exception):
     def __init__(self, gerror, debug):
         self.args = (gerror, debug, )