diff --git a/adb/adb_utils.cpp b/adb/adb_utils.cpp
index 710ef3c..f10c143 100644
--- a/adb/adb_utils.cpp
+++ b/adb/adb_utils.cpp
@@ -35,19 +35,18 @@
   return lstat(path.c_str(), &sb) != -1 && S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode);
 }
 
-static bool should_escape(const char c) {
-  return (c == ' ' || c == '\'' || c == '"' || c == '\\' || c == '(' || c == ')');
-}
-
 std::string escape_arg(const std::string& s) {
-  // Preserve empty arguments.
-  if (s.empty()) return "\"\"";
+  std::string result = s;
 
-  std::string result(s);
+  // Insert a \ before any ' in the string.
   for (auto it = result.begin(); it != result.end(); ++it) {
-      if (should_escape(*it)) {
+      if (*it == '\'') {
           it = result.insert(it, '\\') + 1;
       }
   }
+
+  // Prefix and suffix the whole string with '.
+  result.insert(result.begin(), '\'');
+  result.push_back('\'');
   return result;
 }
diff --git a/adb/adb_utils_test.cpp b/adb/adb_utils_test.cpp
index 95e28a8..a395079 100644
--- a/adb/adb_utils_test.cpp
+++ b/adb/adb_utils_test.cpp
@@ -25,28 +25,28 @@
 }
 
 TEST(adb_utils, escape_arg) {
-  ASSERT_EQ(R"("")", escape_arg(""));
+  ASSERT_EQ(R"('')", escape_arg(""));
 
-  ASSERT_EQ(R"(abc)", escape_arg("abc"));
+  ASSERT_EQ(R"('abc')", escape_arg("abc"));
 
-  ASSERT_EQ(R"(\ abc)", escape_arg(" abc"));
-  ASSERT_EQ(R"(\'abc)", escape_arg("'abc"));
-  ASSERT_EQ(R"(\"abc)", escape_arg("\"abc"));
-  ASSERT_EQ(R"(\\abc)", escape_arg("\\abc"));
-  ASSERT_EQ(R"(\(abc)", escape_arg("(abc"));
-  ASSERT_EQ(R"(\)abc)", escape_arg(")abc"));
+  ASSERT_EQ(R"(' abc')", escape_arg(" abc"));
+  ASSERT_EQ(R"('\'abc')", escape_arg("'abc"));
+  ASSERT_EQ(R"('"abc')", escape_arg("\"abc"));
+  ASSERT_EQ(R"('\abc')", escape_arg("\\abc"));
+  ASSERT_EQ(R"('(abc')", escape_arg("(abc"));
+  ASSERT_EQ(R"(')abc')", escape_arg(")abc"));
 
-  ASSERT_EQ(R"(abc\ abc)", escape_arg("abc abc"));
-  ASSERT_EQ(R"(abc\'abc)", escape_arg("abc'abc"));
-  ASSERT_EQ(R"(abc\"abc)", escape_arg("abc\"abc"));
-  ASSERT_EQ(R"(abc\\abc)", escape_arg("abc\\abc"));
-  ASSERT_EQ(R"(abc\(abc)", escape_arg("abc(abc"));
-  ASSERT_EQ(R"(abc\)abc)", escape_arg("abc)abc"));
+  ASSERT_EQ(R"('abc abc')", escape_arg("abc abc"));
+  ASSERT_EQ(R"('abc\'abc')", escape_arg("abc'abc"));
+  ASSERT_EQ(R"('abc"abc')", escape_arg("abc\"abc"));
+  ASSERT_EQ(R"('abc\abc')", escape_arg("abc\\abc"));
+  ASSERT_EQ(R"('abc(abc')", escape_arg("abc(abc"));
+  ASSERT_EQ(R"('abc)abc')", escape_arg("abc)abc"));
 
-  ASSERT_EQ(R"(abc\ )", escape_arg("abc "));
-  ASSERT_EQ(R"(abc\')", escape_arg("abc'"));
-  ASSERT_EQ(R"(abc\")", escape_arg("abc\""));
-  ASSERT_EQ(R"(abc\\)", escape_arg("abc\\"));
-  ASSERT_EQ(R"(abc\()", escape_arg("abc("));
-  ASSERT_EQ(R"(abc\))", escape_arg("abc)"));
+  ASSERT_EQ(R"('abc ')", escape_arg("abc "));
+  ASSERT_EQ(R"('abc\'')", escape_arg("abc'"));
+  ASSERT_EQ(R"('abc"')", escape_arg("abc\""));
+  ASSERT_EQ(R"('abc\')", escape_arg("abc\\"));
+  ASSERT_EQ(R"('abc(')", escape_arg("abc("));
+  ASSERT_EQ(R"('abc)')", escape_arg("abc)"));
 }