diff --git a/wagtail_localize/segments/extract.py b/wagtail_localize/segments/extract.py
index a36ffceef..a6aac3365 100644
--- a/wagtail_localize/segments/extract.py
+++ b/wagtail_localize/segments/extract.py
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@
 from ..strings import extract_strings
 
 
+def quote_path_component(text):
+    """
+    Puts quotes around the path compoenents, and escapes any special characters.
+    """
+    return "'" + text.replace("\\", "\\\\") .replace("'", "\\'") + "'"
+
+
 class StreamFieldSegmentExtractor:
     def __init__(self, field, include_overridables=False):
         self.field = field
@@ -55,7 +62,7 @@ def handle_block(self, block_type, block_value):
                 StringSegmentValue("", string, attrs=attrs)
                 for string, attrs in strings
             ] + [
-                OverridableSegmentValue(href, href)
+                OverridableSegmentValue(quote_path_component(href), href)
                 for href in hrefs
             ]
             return ret
@@ -153,7 +160,7 @@ def extract_segments(instance):
                     StringSegmentValue("", string, attrs=attrs)
                     for string, attrs in strings
                 ] + [
-                    OverridableSegmentValue(href, href)
+                    OverridableSegmentValue(quote_path_component(href), href)
                     for href in hrefs
                 ]
 
diff --git a/wagtail_localize/segments/ingest.py b/wagtail_localize/segments/ingest.py
index 75aaa3f96..ff22277b1 100644
--- a/wagtail_localize/segments/ingest.py
+++ b/wagtail_localize/segments/ingest.py
@@ -12,13 +12,23 @@
 from .types import OverridableSegmentValue, StringSegmentValue
 
 
+def unquote_path_component(text):
+    """
+    Removes quotes around a quoted path component, and unescapes any special characters.
+    """
+    if text[0] != "'" or text[-1] != "'":
+        raise ValueError("value must be a quoted string")
+
+    return text[1:-1].replace("\\'", "'").replace("\\\\", "\\")
+
+
 def organise_template_segments(segments):
     # The first segment is always the template, followed by the texts in order of their position
 
     segments.sort(key=lambda segment: segment.order)
     template = segments[0]
     xrefs = {
-        segment.path: segment.data
+        unquote_path_component(segment.path): segment.data
         for segment in segments
         if isinstance(segment, OverridableSegmentValue) and segment.data
     }
diff --git a/wagtail_localize/segments/tests/test_segment_extraction.py b/wagtail_localize/segments/tests/test_segment_extraction.py
index 6f8e28cdf..cfc4968b9 100644
--- a/wagtail_localize/segments/tests/test_segment_extraction.py
+++ b/wagtail_localize/segments/tests/test_segment_extraction.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def make_test_page(**kwargs):
         }
     ),
     OverridableSegmentValue(
-        "http://example.com",
+        "'http://example.com'",
         "http://example.com"
     )
 ]
diff --git a/wagtail_localize/tests/test_edit_translation.py b/wagtail_localize/tests/test_edit_translation.py
index 2204bfa3f..102a093b5 100644
--- a/wagtail_localize/tests/test_edit_translation.py
+++ b/wagtail_localize/tests/test_edit_translation.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ def test_edit_page_translation(self):
         self.assertEqual(
             [(segment['contentPath'], segment['value']) for segment in props['segments'] if segment['type'] == 'synchronised_value'],
             [
-                ('test_richtextfield.http://example.com', 'http://example.com'),
+                ("test_richtextfield.'http://example.com'", 'http://example.com'),
                 ('test_synchronized_emailfield', 'email@example.com'),
             ]
         )
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def test_edit_page_translation(self):
         # Check synchronised value
         synchronised_value_segment = props['segments'][9]
         self.assertEqual(synchronised_value_segment['type'], 'synchronised_value')
-        self.assertEqual(synchronised_value_segment['contentPath'], 'test_richtextfield.http://example.com')
+        self.assertEqual(synchronised_value_segment['contentPath'], "test_richtextfield.'http://example.com'")
         self.assertEqual(synchronised_value_segment['location'], {'blockId': None, 'field': 'Test richtextfield', 'fieldHelpText': '', 'order': 6, 'subField': None, 'tab': 'content', 'widget': {'type': 'text'}})
         self.assertEqual(synchronised_value_segment['value'], 'http://example.com')
 
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ def test_override_types(self):
         self.assertEqual(
             [(segment['contentPath'], segment['location']['widget'], segment['value']) for segment in props['segments'] if segment['type'] == 'synchronised_value'],
             [
-                ('test_richtextfield.http://example.com', {'type': 'text'}, 'http://example.com'),
+                ("test_richtextfield.'http://example.com'", {'type': 'text'}, 'http://example.com'),
                 (f'test_streamfield.{url_block_id}', {'type': 'text'}, "https://wagtail.io/"),
                 (f'test_streamfield.{page_block_id}', {'type': 'page_chooser', 'allowed_page_types': ['wagtailcore.page']}, self.page.id),
                 (f'test_streamfield.{image_block_id}', {'type': 'image_chooser'}, self.page.test_synchronized_image.id),