diff --git a/tenant/http_server_bucket.go b/tenant/http_server_bucket.go
index 5fdb1811d30..8255016ba2a 100644
--- a/tenant/http_server_bucket.go
+++ b/tenant/http_server_bucket.go
@@ -498,5 +498,13 @@ func validBucketName(bucket *influxdb.Bucket) error {
 			Msg:  fmt.Sprintf("bucket name %s is invalid. Buckets may not start with underscore", bucket.Name),
 		}
 	}
+	// quotation marks will cause queries to fail
+	if strings.ContainsAny(bucket.Name, "\"") {
+		return &influxdb.Error{
+			Code: influxdb.EInvalid,
+			Op:   "http/bucket",
+			Msg:  fmt.Sprintf("bucket name %s is invalid. Bucket names may not include quotation marks", bucket.Name),
+		}
+	}
 	return nil
 }