diff --git a/extensions/panache/hibernate-orm-panache/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/panache/test/JpaOperationsSortTest.java b/extensions/panache/hibernate-orm-panache/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/panache/test/JpaOperationsSortTest.java
index fcfbfe19da71b..9ae7225bd13ae 100644
--- a/extensions/panache/hibernate-orm-panache/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/panache/test/JpaOperationsSortTest.java
+++ b/extensions/panache/hibernate-orm-panache/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/panache/test/JpaOperationsSortTest.java
@@ -11,8 +11,20 @@ public class JpaOperationsSortTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testSortBy() {
-        Sort sort = Sort.by("foo", "bar");
-        assertEquals(" ORDER BY foo , bar", JpaOperations.toOrderBy(sort));
+        Sort sort = Sort.by("foo", "_bar");
+        assertEquals(" ORDER BY 'foo' , '_bar'", JpaOperations.toOrderBy(sort));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInvalidSortByWithQuote() {
+        final Sort sort = Sort.by("foo'", "bar");
+        assertEquals(" ORDER BY 'foo\\'' , 'bar'", JpaOperations.toOrderBy(sort));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInvalidSortByWithEscapeCharacters() {
+        final Sort sort = Sort.by("foo", "bar\\");
+        assertEquals(" ORDER BY 'foo' , 'bar\\\\'", JpaOperations.toOrderBy(sort));
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/extensions/panache/panache-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/panache/common/Sort.java b/extensions/panache/panache-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/panache/common/Sort.java
index 42f8432437800..b96e90f3868db 100644
--- a/extensions/panache/panache-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/panache/common/Sort.java
+++ b/extensions/panache/panache-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/panache/common/Sort.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public enum Direction {
     }
 
     public class Column {
+
         private String name;
         private Direction direction;
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ public Column(String name) {
         }
 
         public Column(String name, Direction direction) {
-            this.name = name;
+            this.name = escape(name);
             this.direction = direction;
         }
 
@@ -68,6 +69,10 @@ public Direction getDirection() {
         public void setDirection(Direction direction) {
             this.direction = direction;
         }
+
+        private String escape(String column) {
+            return "'" + column.replace("\\", "\\\\").replace("'", "\\'") + "'";
+        }
     }
 
     private List<Column> columns = new ArrayList<>();