diff --git a/src/bluetooth/bluez/bluez5_helper.cpp b/src/bluetooth/bluez/bluez5_helper.cpp
index 384b9979308a8219c71fb1d2f74df8fb4a7bba05..14e064e12551d312e2e2a187cbb56b700b32633c 100644
--- a/src/bluetooth/bluez/bluez5_helper.cpp
+++ b/src/bluetooth/bluez/bluez5_helper.cpp
@@ -339,4 +339,26 @@ QString findAdapterForAddress(const QBluetoothAddress &wantedAddress, bool *ok =
     return QString(); // nothing matching found
 }
 
+/*
+    Removes every character that cannot be used in QDbusObjectPath
+
+    See QDbusUtil::isValidObjectPath(QString) for more details.
+ */
+QString sanitizeNameForDBus(const QString &text)
+{
+    QString appName = text;
+    for (int i = 0; i < appName.length(); i++) {
+        ushort us = appName[i].unicode();
+        bool valid = (us >= 'a' && us <= 'z')
+                      || (us >= 'A' && us <= 'Z')
+                      || (us >= '0' && us <= '9')
+                      || (us == '_');
+
+        if (!valid)
+            appName[i] = QLatin1Char('_');
+    }
+
+    return appName;
+}
+
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/bluetooth/bluez/bluez5_helper_p.h b/src/bluetooth/bluez/bluez5_helper_p.h
index a3f164b0518a16dbbdec4eced9232569065eb510..019fe63597bfc28ce4b9309b46f6518a0b04af9c 100644
--- a/src/bluetooth/bluez/bluez5_helper_p.h
+++ b/src/bluetooth/bluez/bluez5_helper_p.h
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 bool isBluez5();
 
+QString sanitizeNameForDBus(const QString& text);
+
 QString findAdapterForAddress(const QBluetoothAddress &wantedAddress, bool *ok);
 
 class QtBluezDiscoveryManagerPrivate;
diff --git a/src/bluetooth/qbluetoothserviceinfo_bluez.cpp b/src/bluetooth/qbluetoothserviceinfo_bluez.cpp
index e3fa81d117a8ad6a893ffa6e80388e1ea1b9c3f4..d18f4bb13ccec79d944507d9734242080c314026 100644
--- a/src/bluetooth/qbluetoothserviceinfo_bluez.cpp
+++ b/src/bluetooth/qbluetoothserviceinfo_bluez.cpp
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ bool QBluetoothServiceInfoPrivate::registerService(const QBluetoothAddress &loca
         // create path
         profilePath = profilePathTemplate;
         profilePath.append(QString::fromLatin1("/%1%2/%3").
-                           arg(QCoreApplication::applicationName()).
+                           arg(sanitizeNameForDBus(QCoreApplication::applicationName())).
                            arg(QCoreApplication::applicationPid()).
                            arg(pathCounter.fetchAndAddOrdered(1)));
 
diff --git a/src/bluetooth/qbluetoothtransferreply_bluez.cpp b/src/bluetooth/qbluetoothtransferreply_bluez.cpp
index f7f72873532f418654a5d93d4126929ec2e12827..3362b2c19db11ac47f96c1e2e92f461885a79ada 100644
--- a/src/bluetooth/qbluetoothtransferreply_bluez.cpp
+++ b/src/bluetooth/qbluetoothtransferreply_bluez.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ QBluetoothTransferReplyBluez::QBluetoothTransferReplyBluez(QIODevice *input, con
 
         m_agent_path = agentPath;
         m_agent_path.append(QStringLiteral("/%1%2/%3").
-                            arg(QCoreApplication::applicationName()).
+                            arg(sanitizeNameForDBus(QCoreApplication::applicationName())).
                             arg(QCoreApplication::applicationPid()).
                             arg(agentPathCounter.fetchAndAddOrdered(1)));