diff --git a/apps/contacts/lib/vcard.php b/apps/contacts/lib/vcard.php
index 91ac89f55352654bab479e7cea1bfc2bf8fb0ad7..81ae689d9a250b91609953a064f8c9b485faa3c1 100644
--- a/apps/contacts/lib/vcard.php
+++ b/apps/contacts/lib/vcard.php
@@ -552,6 +552,9 @@ class OC_Contacts_VCard{
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		if(is_string($value)) {
+			$value = strtr($value, array('\,' => ',', '\;' => ';'));
+		}
 		$temp = array(
 			'name' => $property->name,
 			'value' => $value,