diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index 6caa5b563f..d356901348 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -524,8 +524,13 @@ my %parse_alias = (
 		if (/^\s*alias\s+(?:-group\s+\S+\s+)*(\S+)\s+(.*)$/) {
 			my ($alias, $addr) = ($1, $2);
 			$addr =~ s/#.*$//; # mutt allows # comments
-			 # commas delimit multiple addresses
-			$aliases{$alias} = [ split_addrs($addr) ];
+			# commas delimit multiple addresses
+			my @addr = split_addrs($addr);
+
+			# quotes may be escaped in the file,
+			# unescape them so we do not double-escape them later.
+			s/\\"/"/g foreach @addr;
+			$aliases{$alias} = \@addr
 		}}},
 	mailrc => sub { my $fh = shift; while (<$fh>) {
 		if (/^alias\s+(\S+)\s+(.*)$/) {
diff --git a/t/t9001-send-email.sh b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
index 3c49536e0e..834d91a691 100755
--- a/t/t9001-send-email.sh
+++ b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
@@ -1527,6 +1527,21 @@ test_expect_success $PREREQ 'cccover adds Cc to all mail' '
 	test_cover_addresses "Cc"
 '
 
+test_expect_success $PREREQ 'escaped quotes in sendemail.aliasfiletype=mutt' '
+	clean_fake_sendmail &&
+	echo "alias sbd \\\"Dot U. Sir\\\" <somebody@example.org>" >.mutt &&
+	git config --replace-all sendemail.aliasesfile "$(pwd)/.mutt" &&
+	git config sendemail.aliasfiletype mutt &&
+	git send-email \
+		--from="Example <nobody@example.com>" \
+		--to=sbd \
+		--smtp-server="$(pwd)/fake.sendmail" \
+		outdir/0001-*.patch \
+		2>errors >out &&
+	grep "^!somebody@example\.org!$" commandline1 &&
+	grep -F "To: \"Dot U. Sir\" <somebody@example.org>" out
+'
+
 test_expect_success $PREREQ 'sendemail.aliasfiletype=mailrc' '
 	clean_fake_sendmail &&
 	echo "alias sbd  somebody@example.org" >.mailrc &&