diff --git a/modules/programs/zsh/default.nix b/modules/programs/zsh/default.nix
index 34d519946..d6e25b22d 100644
--- a/modules/programs/zsh/default.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/zsh/default.nix
@@ -395,11 +395,13 @@ in
         ) cfg.shellAliases
       );
 
-      dirHashesStr = concatStringsSep "\n" (
-        lib.mapAttrsToList (k: v: ''hash -d ${k}="${v}"'') cfg.dirHashes
-      );
       # Keep double quotes so existing configs using shell variables like
       # $HOME still expand, while escaping chars special inside them.
+      dirHashesStr = concatStringsSep "\n" (
+        lib.mapAttrsToList (
+          k: v: ''hash -d ${lib.escapeShellArg k}="${lib.escape [ "\\" "\"" "`" ] v}"''
+        ) cfg.dirHashes
+      );
       cdpathStr = concatStringsSep " " (map (v: ''"${lib.escape [ "\\" "\"" "`" ] v}"'') cfg.cdpath);
     in
     mkIf cfg.enable (
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/zsh/zshrc-content-priorities.nix b/tests/modules/programs/zsh/zshrc-content-priorities.nix
index 114c7e3f5..6c87e602e 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/zsh/zshrc-content-priorities.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/zsh/zshrc-content-priorities.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
       "/tmp/with space"
       "/tmp/with[glob]"
     ];
+    dirHashes = {
+      docs = "/tmp/with space";
+      glob = "/tmp/with[glob]";
+      home = "$HOME/Documents";
+      quoted = ''/tmp/with "quotes"'';
+    };
 
     initContent = lib.mkMerge [
       (lib.mkBefore ''
@@ -71,6 +77,12 @@
           # Default priority
           echo "Default priority content"
 
+          # Named Directory Hashes
+          hash -d docs="/tmp/with space"
+          hash -d glob="/tmp/with[glob]"
+          hash -d home="$HOME/Documents"
+          hash -d quoted="/tmp/with \"quotes\""
+
           zprof
           # Low priority (mkAfter)
           echo "Low priority content"