diff --git a/src/core/Tools.cpp b/src/core/Tools.cpp
index 4ac9edfc0..b0d012c82 100644
--- a/src/core/Tools.cpp
+++ b/src/core/Tools.cpp
@@ -449,6 +449,11 @@ namespace Tools
         return userName;
     }
 
+    QString escapeAccelerators(QString string)
+    {
+        return string.replace("&", "&&");
+    }
+
     QVariantMap qo2qvm(const QObject* object, const QStringList& ignoredProperties)
     {
         QVariantMap result;
diff --git a/src/core/Tools.h b/src/core/Tools.h
index a9a645846..a8fe5b2be 100644
--- a/src/core/Tools.h
+++ b/src/core/Tools.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ namespace Tools
                           QProcessEnvironment environment = QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment());
     QString cleanFilename(QString filename);
     QString cleanUsername();
+    QString escapeAccelerators(QString string);
 
     template <class T> QSet<T> asSet(const QList<T>& a)
     {
diff --git a/src/gui/DatabaseTabWidget.cpp b/src/gui/DatabaseTabWidget.cpp
index c8639eb44..2bf18071d 100644
--- a/src/gui/DatabaseTabWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/DatabaseTabWidget.cpp
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ void DatabaseTabWidget::updateTabName(int index)
         return;
     }
     index = indexOf(dbWidget);
-    setTabText(index, tabName(index));
+    setTabText(index, Tools::escapeAccelerators(tabName(index)));
     setTabToolTip(index, dbWidget->displayFilePath());
     auto iconIndex = dbWidget->database()->publicIcon();
     if (iconIndex >= 0 && iconIndex < databaseIcons()->count()) {
diff --git a/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp b/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
index 2142dba4a..755b38a1e 100644
--- a/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "autotype/AutoType.h"
 #include "core/InactivityTimer.h"
 #include "core/Resources.h"
+#include "core/Tools.h"
 #include "gui/AboutDialog.h"
 #include "gui/ActionCollection.h"
 #include "gui/Icons.h"
@@ -789,7 +790,7 @@ void MainWindow::updateLastDatabasesMenu()
 
     const QStringList lastDatabases = config()->get(Config::LastDatabases).toStringList();
     for (const QString& database : lastDatabases) {
-        QAction* action = m_ui->menuRecentDatabases->addAction(database);
+        QAction* action = m_ui->menuRecentDatabases->addAction(Tools::escapeAccelerators(database));
         action->setData(database);
         m_lastDatabasesActions->addAction(action);
     }
diff --git a/tests/TestTools.cpp b/tests/TestTools.cpp
index 5e8217842..2e0d094fe 100644
--- a/tests/TestTools.cpp
+++ b/tests/TestTools.cpp
@@ -451,3 +451,14 @@ void TestTools::testCleanUsername_data()
     QTest::newRow("Trailing dots and spaces") << "username...   " << "username";
     QTest::newRow("Combination of issues") << R"(  user<>:"/\|?*name...   )" << "user_________name";
 }
+
+void TestTools::testEscapeAccelerators()
+{
+    QCOMPARE(Tools::escapeAccelerators(""), "");
+    QCOMPARE(Tools::escapeAccelerators("NoAccelerator"), "NoAccelerator");
+    QCOMPARE(Tools::escapeAccelerators("&Accelerator"), "&&Accelerator");
+    QCOMPARE(Tools::escapeAccelerators("Accelerator&"), "Accelerator&&");
+    QCOMPARE(Tools::escapeAccelerators("Accel&erator&"), "Accel&&erator&&");
+    QCOMPARE(Tools::escapeAccelerators("Accel&&erator"), "Accel&&&&erator");
+    QCOMPARE(Tools::escapeAccelerators("Some & text"), "Some && text");
+}
diff --git a/tests/TestTools.h b/tests/TestTools.h
index dbf74ef41..dc17f5b13 100644
--- a/tests/TestTools.h
+++ b/tests/TestTools.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ private slots:
     void testIsTextMimeType();
     void testCleanUsername();
     void testCleanUsername_data();
+    void testEscapeAccelerators();
 };
 
 #endif // KEEPASSX_TESTTOOLS_H