diff --git a/src/Xrefcheck/Scan.hs b/src/Xrefcheck/Scan.hs
index 2cdee8c1..444cd998 100644
--- a/src/Xrefcheck/Scan.hs
+++ b/src/Xrefcheck/Scan.hs
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ readDirectoryWith
   -> CanonicalPath
   -> IO [(CanonicalPath, a)]
 readDirectoryWith mode config scanner root = do
-  relativeFiles <- L.lines <$> getFiles
+  relativeFiles <- fmap filePath . L.lines <$> getFiles
   canonicalFiles <- mapM (root </) relativeFiles
   traverse scanFile $ filter (not . isIgnored) canonicalFiles
 
@@ -197,6 +197,11 @@ readDirectoryWith mode config scanner root = do
     getUntrackedFiles = readCreateProcess
       (shell "git ls-files --others --exclude-standard"){cwd = Just $ unCanonicalPath root} ""
 
+    filePath :: String -> FilePath
+    filePath = \case
+      quoted@('\"' : _) -> fromMaybe quoted $ readMaybe quoted
+      unquoted -> unquoted
+
     scanFile :: CanonicalPath -> IO (CanonicalPath, a)
     scanFile c = (c,) <$> scanner c