diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/zsh/zsh.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/zsh/zsh.nix
index b4ca8730958c..865d148c1629 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/programs/zsh/zsh.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/programs/zsh/zsh.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ let
   cfg = config.programs.zsh;
 
   zshAliases = concatStringsSep "\n" (
-    mapAttrsFlatten (k: v: "alias ${k}='${v}'") cfg.shellAliases
+    mapAttrsFlatten (k: v: "alias ${k}=${escapeShellArg v}") cfg.shellAliases
   );
 
 in