diff --git a/src/tst_xprintf.c b/src/tst_xprintf.c
index a2386f6..32809ed 100644
--- a/src/tst_xprintf.c
+++ b/src/tst_xprintf.c
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ main( void )
 	      "%!s", "foo \"\\\x1b\t\a\b\v\f\r\n" );
 	test( "double-quoted w/ escapes & linebreak", "foo \\\"\\\\\\x1b\\t\\a\\b\\v\\f\\r\\n\n",
 	      "%!&s", "foo \"\\\x1b\t\a\b\v\f\r\n" );
+	test( "shell-quoted string", "foo '\\'' bar", "%'s", "foo ' bar" );
+	test( "cut shell-quoted string", "foo '\\'' b", "%.*'s", 7, "foo ' bar" );
+	test( "uncut shell-quoted string", "foo '\\'' bar", "%.*'s", 20, "foo ' bar" );
 	test( "unsigned", "4123567890", "%u", 4123567890U );
 	test( "positive signed", "13", "%d", 13 );
 	test( "negative signed", "-17", "%d", -17 );
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 6ea38b1..4a56e3e 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ sys_error( const char *msg, ... )
 //   Same as %\\s, but non-ASCII characters are (hex-)escaped as well.
 // - %!&s
 //   Same as %!s, but linefeeds are also printed verbatim for legibility.
+// - %'s
+//   Print single-quote-escaped string literals. No outer quotes are added.
 
 // TODO: Trade off segments vs. buffer capacity dynamically.
 #define QPRINTF_SEGS 16
@@ -254,6 +256,9 @@ xvprintf_core( const char *fmt, va_list ap, printf_cb cb, void *cb_aux )
 					escaped = 3;
 					c = *++fmt;
 				}
+			} else if (c == '\'') {
+				escaped = 10;
+				c = *++fmt;
 			}
 			if (c == 'c') {
 				if (d + 1 > ed)
@@ -262,7 +267,25 @@ xvprintf_core( const char *fmt, va_list ap, printf_cb cb, void *cb_aux )
 				*d++ = (char)va_arg( ap, int );
 			} else if (c == 's') {
 				s = va_arg( ap, const char * );
-				if (escaped) {
+				if (escaped == 10) {
+					char *bd = d;
+					for (l = 0; l < maxlen && (c = *s); l++, s++) {
+						if (c == '\'') {
+							if (d + 3 >= ed)
+								oob();
+							*d++ = '\'';
+							*d++ = '\\';
+							*d++ = '\'';
+						} else {
+							if (d >= ed)
+								oob();
+						}
+						*d++ = c;
+					}
+					l = d - bd;
+					if (l)
+						ADD_SEG( bd, l );
+				} else if (escaped) {
 					char *bd = d;
 					for (l = 0; l < maxlen && (c = *s); l++, s++) {
 						if (c == '\\' || c == '"') {