diff --git a/internal/graph/dotgraph.go b/internal/graph/dotgraph.go
index d704fc4e13..9776640fe9 100644
--- a/internal/graph/dotgraph.go
+++ b/internal/graph/dotgraph.go
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ func (b *builder) addNodelets(node *Node, nodeID int) bool {
 			continue
 		}
 		weight := b.config.FormatValue(w)
-		nodelets += fmt.Sprintf(`N%d_%d [label = "%s" id="N%d_%d" fontsize=8 shape=box3d tooltip="%s"]`+"\n", nodeID, i, t.Name, nodeID, i, weight)
+		nodelets += fmt.Sprintf(`N%d_%d [label = "%s" id="N%d_%d" fontsize=8 shape=box3d tooltip="%s"]`+"\n", nodeID, i, escapeForDot(t.Name), nodeID, i, weight)
 		nodelets += fmt.Sprintf(`N%d -> N%d_%d [label=" %s" weight=100 tooltip="%s" labeltooltip="%s"]`+"\n", nodeID, nodeID, i, weight, weight, weight)
 		if nts := lnts[t.Name]; nts != nil {
 			nodelets += b.numericNodelets(nts, maxNodelets, flatTags, fmt.Sprintf(`N%d_%d`, nodeID, i))
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ func (b *builder) numericNodelets(nts []*Tag, maxNumNodelets int, flatTags bool,
 		}
 		if w != 0 {
 			weight := b.config.FormatValue(w)
-			nodelets += fmt.Sprintf(`N%s_%d [label = "%s" id="N%s_%d" fontsize=8 shape=box3d tooltip="%s"]`+"\n", source, j, t.Name, source, j, weight)
+			nodelets += fmt.Sprintf(`N%s_%d [label = "%s" id="N%s_%d" fontsize=8 shape=box3d tooltip="%s"]`+"\n", source, j, escapeForDot(t.Name), source, j, weight)
 			nodelets += fmt.Sprintf(`%s -> N%s_%d [label=" %s" weight=100 tooltip="%s" labeltooltip="%s"%s]`+"\n", source, source, j, weight, weight, weight, attr)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/internal/graph/dotgraph_test.go b/internal/graph/dotgraph_test.go
index b375bb6225..55ec50c00b 100644
--- a/internal/graph/dotgraph_test.go
+++ b/internal/graph/dotgraph_test.go
@@ -150,6 +150,39 @@ func TestComposeWithNamesThatNeedEscaping(t *testing.T) {
 	compareGraphs(t, buf.Bytes(), "compose7.dot")
 }
 
+func TestComposeWithTagNamesThatNeedEscaping(t *testing.T) {
+	g := baseGraph()
+	a, c := baseAttrsAndConfig()
+
+	// Add tags with quotes and backslashes to Node 1.
+	g.Nodes[0].LabelTags[`tag"with"quotes`] = &Tag{
+		Name: `tag"with"quotes`,
+		Cum:  10,
+		Flat: 10,
+	}
+	g.Nodes[0].NumericTags[""] = TagMap{
+		`num"tag"`: &Tag{
+			Name: `num"tag"`,
+			Cum:  20,
+			Flat: 20,
+			Unit: "ms",
+		},
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	ComposeDot(&buf, g, a, c)
+
+	dot := buf.String()
+	wantLabel := `label = "tag\"with\"quotes"`
+	if !strings.Contains(dot, wantLabel) {
+		t.Errorf("expected dot output to contain %q, but got:\n%s", wantLabel, dot)
+	}
+	wantNumLabel := `label = "num\"tag\""`
+	if !strings.Contains(dot, wantNumLabel) {
+		t.Errorf("expected dot output to contain %q, but got:\n%s", wantNumLabel, dot)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestComposeWithCommentsWithNewlines(t *testing.T) {
 	g := baseGraph()
 	a, c := baseAttrsAndConfig()