diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index acc957dda7a500..cce1857a1ae38e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ out/doc/api/%.html: doc/api/%.markdown
 	out/Release/node tools/doc/generate.js --format=html --template=doc/template.html $< > $@
 
 email.md: ChangeLog tools/email-footer.md
-	bash tools/changelog-head.sh > $@
+	bash tools/changelog-head.sh | sed 's|^\* #|* \\#|g' > $@
 	cat tools/email-footer.md | sed -e 's|__VERSION__|'$(VERSION)'|g' >> $@
 
 blog.html: email.md