diff --git a/cmd.c b/cmd.c
index f77176c9..380eedcf 100644
--- a/cmd.c
+++ b/cmd.c
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ char *
 cmd_template_replace(const char *template, const char *s, int idx)
 {
 	char		 ch, *buf;
-	const char	*ptr, *cp, quote[] = "\"\\$;";
+	const char	*ptr, *cp, quote[] = "\"\\$;~";
 	int		 replaced, quoted;
 	size_t		 len;