diff --git a/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsreformatter.cpp b/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsreformatter.cpp
index c78f52f5b8f..d582c3de94f 100644
--- a/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsreformatter.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsreformatter.cpp
@@ -687,7 +687,9 @@ protected:
         for (PropertyAssignmentList *it = ast; it; it = it->next) {
             PropertyNameAndValue *assignment = AST::cast<PropertyNameAndValue *>(it->assignment);
             if (assignment) {
+                out("\"");
                 accept(assignment->name);
+                out("\"");
                 out(": ", assignment->colonToken);
                 accept(assignment->value);
                 if (it->next) {
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/reformatter/objectliteral.js b/tests/auto/qml/reformatter/objectliteral.js
index 9c8bfc46f1d..37f68633746 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qml/reformatter/objectliteral.js
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/reformatter/objectliteral.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 var x = {
-    x: 12,
-    y: {
-        x: 12,
-        y: "abc",
-        z: function (x) {
+    "x": 12,
+    "y": {
+        "x": 12,
+        "y": "abc",
+        "z": function (x) {
             return a
         },
-        abc: 15
+        "abc": 15
     },
-    z: 12
+    "z": 12
 }