diff --git a/adb/adb_utils.cpp b/adb/adb_utils.cpp
index 0ce5ece..604bd57 100644
--- a/adb/adb_utils.cpp
+++ b/adb/adb_utils.cpp
@@ -45,11 +45,16 @@
 std::string escape_arg(const std::string& s) {
   std::string result = s;
 
-  // Insert a \ before any ' in the string.
-  for (auto it = result.begin(); it != result.end(); ++it) {
-      if (*it == '\'') {
-          it = result.insert(it, '\\') + 1;
-      }
+  // Escape any ' in the string (before we single-quote the whole thing).
+  // The correct way to do this for the shell is to replace ' with '\'' --- that is,
+  // close the existing single-quoted string, escape a single single-quote, and start
+  // a new single-quoted string. Like the C preprocessor, the shell will concatenate
+  // these pieces into one string.
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < s.size(); ++i) {
+    if (s[i] == '\'') {
+      result.insert(i, "'\\'");
+      i += 2;
+    }
   }
 
   // Prefix and suffix the whole string with '.
diff --git a/adb/adb_utils_test.cpp b/adb/adb_utils_test.cpp
index a395079..052aea5 100644
--- a/adb/adb_utils_test.cpp
+++ b/adb/adb_utils_test.cpp
@@ -30,21 +30,21 @@
   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 ')", 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("));
diff --git a/adb/tests/test_adb.py b/adb/tests/test_adb.py
index 237ef47..0ff87d2 100755
--- a/adb/tests/test_adb.py
+++ b/adb/tests/test_adb.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 """
 import hashlib
 import os
+import pipes
 import random
 import re
 import shlex
@@ -162,6 +163,9 @@
     def shell_nocheck(self, cmd):
         return call_combined(self.adb_cmd + "shell " + cmd)
 
+    def install(self, filename):
+        return call_checked(self.adb_cmd + "install {}".format(pipes.quote(filename)))
+
     def push(self, local, remote):
         return call_checked(self.adb_cmd + "push {} {}".format(local, remote))
 
@@ -290,6 +294,18 @@
         self.assertEqual('t', adb.shell("FOO=a BAR=b echo t").strip())
         self.assertEqual('123Linux', adb.shell("echo -n 123\;uname").strip())
 
+    def test_install_argument_escaping(self):
+        """Make sure that install argument escaping works."""
+        adb = AdbWrapper()
+
+        # http://b/20323053
+        tf = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile("w", suffix="-text;ls;1.apk")
+        self.assertIn("-text;ls;1.apk", adb.install(tf.name))
+
+        # http://b/3090932
+        tf = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile("w", suffix="-Live Hold'em.apk")
+        self.assertIn("-Live Hold'em.apk", adb.install(tf.name))
+
 
 class AdbFile(unittest.TestCase):
     SCRATCH_DIR = "/data/local/tmp"