diff --git a/stylesheets/rng_to_odd/common/rng_to_rnc.xsl b/stylesheets/rng_to_odd/common/rng_to_rnc.xsl
index 1e5fa2b..23dc736 100644
--- a/stylesheets/rng_to_odd/common/rng_to_rnc.xsl
+++ b/stylesheets/rng_to_odd/common/rng_to_rnc.xsl
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@
 	<template mode="rng_to_rnc" match="rng:value">
 		<param name="indent" select="''"/>
 		<value-of select="$indent"/>
-		<value-of select="text()"/>
+		<text>'</text>
+		<value-of select="."/>
+		<text>'</text>
 	</template>
 
 	<template mode="rng_to_rnc" match="rng:text">