diff --git a/src/utils/libeoaconvert.py b/src/utils/libeoaconvert.py
index 312ab3a..813366b 100644
--- a/src/utils/libeoaconvert.py
+++ b/src/utils/libeoaconvert.py
@@ -444,6 +444,8 @@ def translate(term, publang, translation_file):
     else:
         return translated_term
 # def translate ends here
+
+
 def restore_xml_tags(text):
     """Convert XML entities back to code
 
@@ -463,3 +465,20 @@ def restore_xml_tags(text):
     return text
 # def restore_xml_tags ends here
 
+
+def escape_xml(text):
+    """Convert xml markup to entities"""
+
+        replacements = {
+        "<" : "&lt;" ,
+        ">" : "&gt;",
+        "'" : "&apos;",
+        "&" : "&amp;"
+        '"' : "&quot;",
+        }
+
+    for item in replacements:
+        text = text.replace(item, replacements[item])
+
+    return text
+# def escape_xml ends here