diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 9e6a5dc9b..2292050d2 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 - Makefile: Added wildcard include src/modules/module_*.mk directive so that plugin developers can add 3rd party libraries for their plugins
 - Rejects: Disabled checking of the minimum and maximum length of the password candidate in attack-mode 9 because they are incompatible
+- POCL: Added a workaround for an issue in POCL that uses a quote character as part of the path itself given to a path for the -I option
 
 * changes v6.2.3 -> v6.2.4
 
diff --git a/src/backend.c b/src/backend.c
index 823398fcc..d7c6e7f89 100644
--- a/src/backend.c
+++ b/src/backend.c
@@ -11365,7 +11365,19 @@ int backend_session_begin (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
     }
     else
     {
-      build_options_len += snprintf (build_options_buf + build_options_len, build_options_sz - build_options_len, "-D KERNEL_STATIC -I OpenCL -I \"%s\" ", folder_config->cpath_real);
+      if (device_param->opencl_platform_vendor_id == VENDOR_ID_POCL)
+      {
+        // POCL doesn't like quotes in the include path, see:
+        //   https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/issues/2950
+        // Maybe related:
+        //   https://github.com/pocl/pocl/issues/962
+
+        build_options_len += snprintf (build_options_buf + build_options_len, build_options_sz - build_options_len, "-D KERNEL_STATIC -I OpenCL -I %s ", folder_config->cpath_real);
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        build_options_len += snprintf (build_options_buf + build_options_len, build_options_sz - build_options_len, "-D KERNEL_STATIC -I OpenCL -I \"%s\" ", folder_config->cpath_real);
+      }
     }
 
     /* currently disabled, hangs NEO drivers since 20.09.