diff --git a/response/response.go b/response/response.go
index e8ff4b2..b65503e 100644
--- a/response/response.go
+++ b/response/response.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import (
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"strings"
 	"unicode"
 )
 
@@ -68,3 +69,44 @@
 
 	return files, nil
 }
+
+func rspUnsafeChar(r rune) bool {
+	switch {
+	case 'A' <= r && r <= 'Z',
+		'a' <= r && r <= 'z',
+		'0' <= r && r <= '9',
+		r == '_',
+		r == '+',
+		r == '-',
+		r == '.',
+		r == '/':
+		return false
+	default:
+		return true
+	}
+}
+
+var rspEscaper = strings.NewReplacer(`'`, `'\''`)
+
+// WriteRspFile writes a list of files to a file in Ninja's response file format.
+func WriteRspFile(w io.Writer, files []string) error {
+	for i, f := range files {
+		if i != 0 {
+			_, err := io.WriteString(w, " ")
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+
+		if strings.IndexFunc(f, rspUnsafeChar) != -1 {
+			f = `'` + rspEscaper.Replace(f) + `'`
+		}
+
+		_, err := io.WriteString(w, f)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/response/response_test.go b/response/response_test.go
index 99ce623..4d1fb41 100644
--- a/response/response_test.go
+++ b/response/response_test.go
@@ -94,3 +94,30 @@
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestWriteRspFile(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name string
+		in   []string
+		out  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "ninja rsp file",
+			in:   []string{"a", "b", "@", "foo'bar", `foo"bar`},
+			out:  "a b '@' 'foo'\\''bar' 'foo\"bar'",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, testCase := range testCases {
+		t.Run(testCase.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+			err := WriteRspFile(buf, testCase.in)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected error: %q", err)
+			}
+			if buf.String() != testCase.out {
+				t.Errorf("expected %q got %q", testCase.out, buf.String())
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}