diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index d5da533e50..41eecfd187 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -7495,7 +7495,7 @@ qemuBuildGraphicsVNCCommandLine(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg,
     switch (glisten->type) {
     case VIR_DOMAIN_GRAPHICS_LISTEN_TYPE_SOCKET:
         virBufferAddLit(&opt, "unix:");
-        virQEMUBuildBufferEscapeComma(&opt, glisten->socket);
+        virQEMUBuildBufferEscape(&opt, glisten->socket);
         break;
 
     case VIR_DOMAIN_GRAPHICS_LISTEN_TYPE_ADDRESS:
@@ -7627,7 +7627,9 @@ qemuBuildGraphicsSPICECommandLine(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg,
             goto error;
         }
 
-        virBufferAsprintf(&opt, "unix,addr=%s,", glisten->socket);
+        virBufferAddLit(&opt, "unix,addr=");
+        virQEMUBuildBufferEscape(&opt, glisten->socket);
+        virBufferAddLit(&opt, ",");
         hasInsecure = true;
         break;
 
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-name-escape.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-name-escape.args
index 9ae50bd455..deb37e09e6 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-name-escape.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-name-escape.args
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ PATH=/bin \
 HOME=/home/test \
 USER=test \
 LOGNAME=test \
-QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice \
 /usr/bin/qemu \
 -name guest=foo=1,,bar=2,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ bar=2/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
 -no-acpi \
 -boot c \
 -usb \
--vnc unix:/tmp/bar,,foo.sock \
+-vnc 'unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-foo\=1,,bar\=2/vnc.sock' \
+-spice 'unix,addr=/tmp/lib/domain--1-foo\=1,,bar\=2/spice.sock' \
 -vga cirrus \
 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-name-escape.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-name-escape.xml
index 5e8c7476fe..604e1453f2 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-name-escape.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-name-escape.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
   <devices>
     <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu</emulator>
-    <graphics type='vnc' socket='/tmp/bar,foo.sock'/>
+    <graphics type='vnc'>
+      <listen type='socket'/>
+    </graphics>
+    <graphics type='spice'>
+      <listen type='socket'/>
+    </graphics>
   </devices>
 </domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 6bae5029f9..ad9ce8e2d5 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -2437,7 +2437,8 @@ mymain(void)
 
     DO_TEST("name-escape", QEMU_CAPS_NAME_DEBUG_THREADS,
             QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_SECRET, QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV, QEMU_CAPS_VNC,
-            QEMU_CAPS_NAME_GUEST, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_CIRRUS_VGA);
+            QEMU_CAPS_NAME_GUEST, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_CIRRUS_VGA,
+            QEMU_CAPS_SPICE, QEMU_CAPS_SPICE_UNIX);
     DO_TEST("debug-threads", QEMU_CAPS_NAME_DEBUG_THREADS);
 
     DO_TEST("master-key", QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_SECRET);