diff --git a/appmenus-scripts/qubes-receive-appmenus b/appmenus-scripts/qubes-receive-appmenus
index 0cbc395..5dbbd46 100755
--- a/appmenus-scripts/qubes-receive-appmenus
+++ b/appmenus-scripts/qubes-receive-appmenus
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ fields_regexp = {
     "GenericName": std_re,
     "Comment": std_re,
     "Categories": re.compile(r"^[a-zA-Z0-9/.; -]*$"),
-    "Exec": re.compile(r"^[a-zA-Z0-9()%>/\\:.= -]*$"),
+    "Exec": re.compile(r"^[a-zA-Z0-9()%&>/\\:.= -]*$"),
     "Icon": re.compile(r"^[a-zA-Z0-9/_.-]*$"),
 }