diff --git a/autotests/texthandlertest.cpp b/autotests/texthandlertest.cpp
index b943b0182..f2b5b6c29 100644
--- a/autotests/texthandlertest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/texthandlertest.cpp
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ void TextHandlerTest::receiveRichInPlainOut_data()
     QTest::newRow("ampersand") << QStringLiteral("a &amp; b") << QStringLiteral("a & b");
     QTest::newRow("quote") << QStringLiteral("&quot;a and b&quot;") << QStringLiteral("\"a and b\"");
     QTest::newRow("new line") << QStringLiteral("new<br>line") << QStringLiteral("new\nline");
+    QTest::newRow("unescape") << QStringLiteral("can&#x27;t") << QStringLiteral("can't");
 }
 
 void TextHandlerTest::receiveRichInPlainOut()
diff --git a/src/texthandler.cpp b/src/texthandler.cpp
index f15dcc203..c3e02b4b4 100644
--- a/src/texthandler.cpp
+++ b/src/texthandler.cpp
@@ -614,6 +614,7 @@ QString TextHandler::unescapeHtml(QString stringIn)
     stringIn.replace(QStringLiteral("&gt;"), QStringLiteral(">"));
     stringIn.replace(QStringLiteral("&amp;"), QStringLiteral("&"));
     stringIn.replace(QStringLiteral("&quot;"), QStringLiteral("\""));
+    stringIn.replace(QStringLiteral("&#x27;"), QStringLiteral("'"));
     return stringIn;
 }