diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/textile/functions.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/textile/functions.py
index b9a0bf2368..b01a7bcdb7 100755
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/textile/functions.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/textile/functions.py
@@ -210,10 +210,10 @@ class Textile(object):
         (re.compile(r'{diam(onds?|s)}'), r'♦'),  #  diamond
         (re.compile(r'{"}'),             r'"'),    #  double-quote
         (re.compile(r"{'}"),             r'''),    #  single-quote
-        (re.compile(r'{’}'),             r'’'),  #  closing-single-quote - apostrophe
-        (re.compile(r'{‘}'),             r'‘'),  #  opening-single-quote
-        (re.compile(r'{“}'),             r'”'),  #  closing-double-quote
-        (re.compile(r'{“}'),             r'“'),  #  opening-double-quote        
+        (re.compile(r"{(’|'/|/')}"),     r'’'),  #  closing-single-quote - apostrophe
+        (re.compile(r"{(‘|\\'|'\\)}"),   r'‘'),  #  opening-single-quote
+        (re.compile(r'{(”|"/|/")}'),     r'”'),  #  closing-double-quote
+        (re.compile(r'{(“|\\"|"\\)}'),   r'“'),  #  opening-double-quote        
     ]
     glyph_defaults = [
         (re.compile(r'(\d+\'?\"?)( ?)x( ?)(?=\d+)'),                   r'\1\2×\3'),                       #  dimension sign