diff --git a/scripts/install-systemd-multi-user.sh b/scripts/install-systemd-multi-user.sh
index 62397127a..7dd567747 100755
--- a/scripts/install-systemd-multi-user.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-systemd-multi-user.sh
@@ -24,12 +24,17 @@ $1
 EOF
 }
 
+escape_systemd_env() {
+    temp_var="${1//\'/\\\'}"
+    echo "${temp_var//\%/%%}"
+}
+
 # Gather all non-empty proxy environment variables into a string
 create_systemd_proxy_env() {
     vars="http_proxy https_proxy ftp_proxy no_proxy HTTP_PROXY HTTPS_PROXY FTP_PROXY NO_PROXY"
     for v in $vars; do
         if [ "x${!v:-}" != "x" ]; then
-            echo "Environment=${v}=${!v}"
+            echo "Environment=${v}=$(escape_systemd_env ${!v})"
         fi
     done
 }