diff --git a/lib/utils/utils.js b/lib/utils/utils.js
index 5fd178292..bd7fb60a9 100644
--- a/lib/utils/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils/utils.js
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ var utils = module.exports = {
     return path.path + '/_rels/' + path.name + '.rels';
   },
   xmlEncode: function(text) {
-    return text.replace(/[<>&'"\x7F\x00-\x1F]/g, function (c) {
+    return text.replace(/[<>&'"\x7F\x00-\x08\x0A-\x0C\x0E-\x1F]/g, function (c) {
       switch (c) {
         case '<': return '&lt;';
         case '>': return '&gt;';