diff --git a/src/maps/export.js b/src/maps/export.js
index 5ac535183..aa7746712 100644
--- a/src/maps/export.js
+++ b/src/maps/export.js
@@ -3,29 +3,53 @@ import { saveAs } from 'file-saver'
 
 export function exportAsGPX (markers, filename) {
   saveAs(new Blob(
-    [toXML({
-      _name: 'gpx',
-      _attrs: {
-        version: '1.1',
-        'xmlns:xsi': 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance',
-        'xsi:schemaLocation': 'http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/gpx.xsd',
-      },
-      _content: markers.map(marker => {
-        const { lat, lng: lon } = marker.latLng
-        return {
-          _name: 'wpt',
-          _attrs: {
-            lat,
-            lon,
-          },
-          _content: marker.gpx,
-        }
-      }),
-    }, {
-      header: true,
-    })],
+    [markersAsGPX(markers)],
     {
       type: 'application/gpx+xml',
     },
   ), filename)
 }
+
+export function markersAsGPX (markers) {
+  return toXML({
+    _name: 'gpx',
+    _attrs: {
+      version: '1.1',
+      'xmlns:xsi': 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance',
+      'xsi:schemaLocation': 'http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/gpx.xsd',
+    },
+    _content: markers.map(marker => {
+      const { lat, lng: lon } = marker.latLng
+      return {
+        _name: 'wpt',
+        _attrs: {
+          lat,
+          lon,
+        },
+        // Remove this handling if https://github.com/davidcalhoun/jstoxml/issues/41 gets fixed!
+        _content: escapeObject(marker.gpx),
+      }
+    }),
+  }, {
+    header: true,
+  })
+}
+
+// Only escapes top level values and assumes they are strings
+function escapeObject (obj) {
+  const newObj = {}
+  for (const key of Object.keys(obj)) {
+    newObj[key] = escapeValue(obj[key])
+  }
+  return newObj
+}
+
+function escapeValue (content) {
+  return content.replace(/[<>&"']/g, c => ({
+    '<': '&lt;',
+    '>': '&gt;',
+    '&': '&amp;',
+    '"': '&quot;',
+    "'": '&apos;',
+  }[c]))
+}
diff --git a/src/maps/export.spec.js b/src/maps/export.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..419442271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/maps/export.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { groupMarker } from './components/markers'
+import { makeGroup } from '>/enrichedFactories'
+
+import { markersAsGPX } from './export'
+
+describe('map export', () => {
+  it('creates GPX', async () => {
+    const marker = groupMarker(makeGroup({ name: 'foobar' }))
+    expect(markersAsGPX([marker])).toBe(`
+        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+        <gpx version="1.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/gpx.xsd">
+          <wpt lat="0" lon="0">
+            <name>foobar</name>
+            <type>groups</type>
+          </wpt>
+        </gpx>
+      `.trim().replace(/\s*\n\s*/g, ''),
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('escapes content correctly', () => {
+    const marker = groupMarker(makeGroup({ name: 'foo & bar' }))
+    expect(markersAsGPX([marker])).toBe(`
+        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+        <gpx version="1.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/gpx.xsd">
+          <wpt lat="0" lon="0">
+            <name>foo &amp; bar</name>
+            <type>groups</type>
+          </wpt>
+        </gpx>
+      `.trim().replace(/\s*\n\s*/g, ''),
+    )
+  })
+})