diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/UIHelper.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/UIHelper.java
index 94ae13a8c..44abf0751 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/UIHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/UIHelper.java
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ public class UIHelper {
 
 	public static boolean isPositionFollowedByQuoteableCharacter(CharSequence body, int pos) {
 		return !isPositionFollowedByNumber(body, pos)
-				&& !isPositionFollowedByEmoticon(body,pos);
+				&& !isPositionFollowedByEmoticon(body,pos)
+				&& !isPositionFollowedByEquals(body,pos);
 	}
 
 	private static boolean isPositionFollowedByNumber(CharSequence body, int pos) {
@@ -249,6 +250,10 @@ public class UIHelper {
 		return previousWasNumber;
 	}
 
+	private static boolean isPositionFollowedByEquals(CharSequence body, int pos) {
+		return body.length() > pos + 1 && body.charAt(pos+1) == '=';
+	}
+
 	private static boolean isPositionFollowedByEmoticon(CharSequence body, int pos) {
 		if (body.length() <= pos +1) {
 			return false;