diff --git a/internal/graph/dotgraph.go b/internal/graph/dotgraph.go
index d704fc4e13..873aa62313 100644
--- a/internal/graph/dotgraph.go
+++ b/internal/graph/dotgraph.go
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ func multilinePrintableName(info *NodeInfo) string {
 	infoCopy.Name = strings.ReplaceAll(infoCopy.Name, "[...]", "[…]")
 	infoCopy.Name = strings.ReplaceAll(infoCopy.Name, ".", `\n`)
 	if infoCopy.File != "" {
-		infoCopy.File = filepath.Base(infoCopy.File)
+		infoCopy.File = escapeForDot(filepath.Base(infoCopy.File))
 	}
 	return strings.Join(infoCopy.NameComponents(), `\n`) + `\n`
 }
diff --git a/internal/graph/dotgraph_test.go b/internal/graph/dotgraph_test.go
index b375bb6225..1a7444b396 100644
--- a/internal/graph/dotgraph_test.go
+++ b/internal/graph/dotgraph_test.go
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func TestComposeWithStandardGraphAndURL(t *testing.T) {
 func TestComposeWithNamesThatNeedEscaping(t *testing.T) {
 	g := baseGraph()
 	a, c := baseAttrsAndConfig()
-	g.Nodes[0].Info = NodeInfo{Name: `var"src"`}
+	g.Nodes[0].Info = NodeInfo{Name: `var"src"`, File: `src/file"name.cc`, Lineno: 10, Columnno: 2}
 	g.Nodes[1].Info = NodeInfo{Name: `var"#dest#"`}
 
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
diff --git a/internal/graph/testdata/compose7.dot b/internal/graph/testdata/compose7.dot
index 8f749a7797..f83dc084bd 100644
--- a/internal/graph/testdata/compose7.dot
+++ b/internal/graph/testdata/compose7.dot
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 digraph "testtitle" {
 node [style=filled fillcolor="#f8f8f8"]
 subgraph cluster_L { "label1" [shape=box fontsize=16 label="label1\llabel2\llabel3: \"foo\"\l" tooltip="testtitle"] }
-N1 [label="var\"src\"\n10 (10.00%)\nof 25 (25.00%)" id="node1" fontsize=22 shape=box tooltip="var\"src\" (25)" color="#b23c00" fillcolor="#edddd5"]
+N1 [label="var\"src\"\nfile\"name.cc:10:2\n10 (10.00%)\nof 25 (25.00%)" id="node1" fontsize=22 shape=box tooltip="var\"src\" src/file\"name.cc:10:2 (25)" color="#b23c00" fillcolor="#edddd5"]
 N2 [label="var\"#dest#\"\n15 (15.00%)\nof 25 (25.00%)" id="node2" fontsize=24 shape=box tooltip="var\"#dest#\" (25)" color="#b23c00" fillcolor="#edddd5"]
-N1 -> N2 [label=" 10" weight=11 color="#b28559" tooltip="var\"src\" -> var\"#dest#\" (10)" labeltooltip="var\"src\" -> var\"#dest#\" (10)"]
+N1 -> N2 [label=" 10" weight=11 color="#b28559" tooltip="var\"src\" src/file\"name.cc:10:2 -> var\"#dest#\" (10)" labeltooltip="var\"src\" src/file\"name.cc:10:2 -> var\"#dest#\" (10)"]
 }