diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/ContentStores/PublishContentStoreTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/ContentStores/PublishContentStoreTests.cs
index 26594a57da..a8a335dd5a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/ContentStores/PublishContentStoreTests.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/ContentStores/PublishContentStoreTests.cs
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.ContentStores
 		</Home>
 		<Home id=""1175"" parentID=""1046"" level=""2"" writerID=""0"" creatorID=""0"" nodeType=""1044"" template=""1045"" sortOrder=""2"" createDate=""2012-07-20T18:08:01"" updateDate=""2012-07-20T18:49:32"" nodeName=""Sub 2"" urlName=""sub-2"" writerName=""admin"" creatorName=""admin"" path=""-1,1046,1175"" isDoc=""""><content><![CDATA[]]></content>
 		</Home>
+		<Home id=""1177"" parentID=""1046"" level=""2"" writerID=""0"" creatorID=""0"" nodeType=""1044"" template=""1045"" sortOrder=""2"" createDate=""2012-07-20T18:08:01"" updateDate=""2012-07-20T18:49:32"" nodeName=""Sub'Apostrophe"" urlName=""sub'apostrophe"" writerName=""admin"" creatorName=""admin"" path=""-1,1046,1177"" isDoc=""""><content><![CDATA[]]></content>
+		</Home>
 	</Home>
 	<Home id=""1172"" parentID=""-1"" level=""1"" writerID=""0"" creatorID=""0"" nodeType=""1044"" template=""1045"" sortOrder=""3"" createDate=""2012-07-16T15:26:59"" updateDate=""2012-07-18T14:23:35"" nodeName=""Test"" urlName=""test"" writerName=""admin"" creatorName=""admin"" path=""-1,1172"" isDoc="""" />
 </root>";
@@ -155,6 +157,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.ContentStores
 		[TestCase("/home/sub1", 1173)]
 		[TestCase("/Home/sub1", 1173)]
 		[TestCase("/home/Sub1", 1173)] //test different cases
+		[TestCase("/home/Sub'Apostrophe", 1177)]
 		public void Get_Node_By_Route(string route, int nodeId)
 		{
 			var result = _publishedContentStore.GetDocumentByRoute(_umbracoContext, route, false);
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/DefaultPublishedContentStore.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/DefaultPublishedContentStore.cs
index 215461243c..5a86d3c6c6 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/DefaultPublishedContentStore.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/DefaultPublishedContentStore.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
 			public string DescendantDocumentById { get; private set; }
 			public string DescendantDocumentByAlias { get; private set; }
 			public string ChildDocumentByUrlName { get; private set; }
-			public string RootDocumentWithLowestSortOrder { get; private set; }
+            public string ChildDocumentByUrlNameVar { get; private set; }
+            public string RootDocumentWithLowestSortOrder { get; private set; }
 
 			public XPathStringsDefinition(int version)
 			{
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
 							+ " or contains(concat(',',translate(data [@alias='umbracoUrlAlias'], ' ', ''),','),',/{0},')"
 							+ ")]";
 						ChildDocumentByUrlName = "/node [@urlName='{0}']";
+						ChildDocumentByUrlNameVar = "/node [@urlName=${0}]";
 						RootDocumentWithLowestSortOrder = "/root/node [not(@sortOrder > ../node/@sortOrder)][1]";
 						break;
 
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
 							+ " or contains(concat(',',translate(umbracoUrlAlias, ' ', ''),','),',/{0},')"
 							+ ")]";
 						ChildDocumentByUrlName = "/* [@isDoc and @urlName='{0}']";
+						ChildDocumentByUrlNameVar = "/* [@isDoc and @urlName=${0}]";
 						RootDocumentWithLowestSortOrder = "/root/* [@isDoc and not(@sortOrder > ../* [@isDoc]/@sortOrder)][1]";
 						break;
 
@@ -248,12 +251,18 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
                         varsList = varsList ?? new List<XPathVariable>();
                         var varName = string.Format("var{0}", partsIndex);
                         varsList.Add(new XPathVariable(varName, part));
-                        part = "$" + varName;
+                        xpathBuilder.AppendFormat(XPathStrings.ChildDocumentByUrlNameVar, varName);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        xpathBuilder.AppendFormat(XPathStrings.ChildDocumentByUrlName, part);
+                        
                     }
-                     xpathBuilder.AppendFormat(XPathStrings.ChildDocumentByUrlName, part);
                 }
 
                 xpath = xpathBuilder.ToString();
+                if (varsList != null)
+                    vars = varsList.ToArray();
             }
 
             return xpath;