diff --git a/src/plugins/lua/luaengine.cpp b/src/plugins/lua/luaengine.cpp
index 0335a82df13..d0a44da5dc0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/lua/luaengine.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/lua/luaengine.cpp
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ QStringList LuaEngine::variadicToStringList(const sol::variadic_args &vargs)
         size_t l;
         const char *s = luaL_tolstring(vargs.lua_state(), int(i), &l);
         if (s != nullptr)
-            strings.append(QString::fromUtf8(s, l));
+            strings.append(QString::fromUtf8(s, l).replace('\0', "\\0"));
     }
 
     return strings;