diff --git a/checkpolicy/policy_parse.y b/checkpolicy/policy_parse.y
index 15c8997f..e5210bd0 100644
--- a/checkpolicy/policy_parse.y
+++ b/checkpolicy/policy_parse.y
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ typedef int (* require_func_t)(int pass);
 %type <require_func> require_decl_def
 
 %token PATH
+%token QPATH
 %token FILENAME
 %token CLONE
 %token COMMON
@@ -805,6 +806,8 @@ filesystem		: FILESYSTEM
                         ;
 path     		: PATH
 			{ if (insert_id(yytext,0)) return -1; }
+			| QPATH
+			{ yytext[strlen(yytext) - 1] = '\0'; if (insert_id(yytext + 1,0)) return -1; }
 			;
 filename		: FILENAME
 			{ yytext[strlen(yytext) - 1] = '\0'; if (insert_id(yytext + 1,0)) return -1; }
diff --git a/checkpolicy/policy_scan.l b/checkpolicy/policy_scan.l
index 648e1d68..6763c380 100644
--- a/checkpolicy/policy_scan.l
+++ b/checkpolicy/policy_scan.l
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ HIGH				{ return(HIGH); }
 low |
 LOW				{ return(LOW); }
 "/"({alnum}|[_\.\-/])*	        { return(PATH); }
+\""/"[ !#-~]*\" 		{ return(QPATH); }
 \"({alnum}|[_\.\-\+\~\: ])+\"	{ return(FILENAME); }
 {letter}({alnum}|[_\-])*([\.]?({alnum}|[_\-]))*	{ return(IDENTIFIER); }
 {digit}+|0x{hexval}+            { return(NUMBER); }