diff --git a/src/Spout/Common/Escaper/ODS.php b/src/Spout/Common/Escaper/ODS.php
index 86caeb3..5e6b695 100644
--- a/src/Spout/Common/Escaper/ODS.php
+++ b/src/Spout/Common/Escaper/ODS.php
@@ -14,6 +14,31 @@ class ODS implements EscaperInterface
 {
     use Singleton;
 
+    /** @var string Regex pattern to detect control characters that need to be escaped */
+    protected $escapableControlCharactersPattern;
+
+    /**
+     * Initializes the singleton instance
+     */
+    protected function init()
+    {
+        $this->escapableControlCharactersPattern = $this->getEscapableControlCharactersPattern();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string Regex pattern containing all escapable control characters
+     */
+    protected function getEscapableControlCharactersPattern()
+    {
+        // control characters values are from 0 to 1F (hex values) in the ASCII table
+        // some characters should not be escaped though: "\t", "\r" and "\n".
+        return '[\x00-\x08' .
+        // skipping "\t" (0x9) and "\n" (0xA)
+        '\x0B-\x0C' .
+        // skipping "\r" (0xD)
+        '\x0E-\x1F]';
+    }
+
     /**
      * Escapes the given string to make it compatible with XLSX
      *
@@ -22,7 +47,17 @@ class ODS implements EscaperInterface
      */
     public function escape($string)
     {
-        return htmlspecialchars($string, ENT_QUOTES);
+        if (defined('ENT_DISALLOWED')) {
+            // 'ENT_DISALLOWED' ensures that invalid characters in the given document type are replaced.
+            // Otherwise characters like a vertical tab "\v" will make the XML document unreadable by the XML processor
+            // @link https://github.com/box/spout/issues/329
+            return htmlspecialchars($string, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_DISALLOWED);
+        } else {
+            // We are on hhvm or any other engine that does not support ENT_DISALLOWED
+            $escapedString =  htmlspecialchars($string, ENT_QUOTES);
+            $replacedString = preg_replace('/'.$this->escapableControlCharactersPattern.'/', '�', $escapedString);
+            return $replacedString;
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Spout/Common/Escaper/ODSTest.php b/tests/Spout/Common/Escaper/ODSTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb5c960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Spout/Common/Escaper/ODSTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Box\Spout\Common\Escaper;
+
+/**
+ * Class ODSTest
+ *
+ * @package Box\Spout\Common\Escaper
+ */
+class ODSTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function dataProviderForTestEscape()
+    {
+        return [
+            ['test', 'test'],
+            ['carl\'s "pokemon"', 'carl&#039;s &quot;pokemon&quot;'],
+            ["\n", "\n"],
+            ["\r", "\r"],
+            ["\t", "\t"],
+            ["\v", "�"],
+            ["\f", "�"],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider dataProviderForTestEscape
+     *
+     * @param string $stringToEscape
+     * @param string $expectedEscapedString
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testEscape($stringToEscape, $expectedEscapedString)
+    {
+        $escaper = \Box\Spout\Common\Escaper\ODS::getInstance();
+        $escapedString = $escaper->escape($stringToEscape);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedEscapedString, $escapedString, 'Incorrect escaped string');
+    }
+}