diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8025f9ec..27889203 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - When copying a check, copy all fields from the "Filtering Rules" dialog (#417)
 - Fix missing Resume button (#421)
 - When decoding inbound emails, decode encoded headers (#420)
+- Escape markdown in MS Teams notifications (#426)
 
 ## v1.16.0 - 2020-08-04
 
diff --git a/hc/api/tests/test_notify.py b/hc/api/tests/test_notify.py
index 880e79b7..fab6a569 100644
--- a/hc/api/tests/test_notify.py
+++ b/hc/api/tests/test_notify.py
@@ -866,6 +866,26 @@ class NotifyTestCase(BaseTestCase):
         payload = kwargs["json"]
         self.assertEqual(payload["@type"], "MessageCard")
 
+    @patch("hc.api.transports.requests.request")
+    def test_msteams_escapes_markdown(self, mock_post):
+        self._setup_data("msteams", "http://example.com/webhook")
+        mock_post.return_value.status_code = 200
+
+        self.check.name = """
+            TEST _underscore_ `backticks` <u>underline</u> \\backslash\\ "quoted"
+        """
+
+        self.channel.notify(self.check)
+
+        args, kwargs = mock_post.call_args
+        text = kwargs["json"]["text"]
+
+        self.assertIn(r"\_underscore\_", text)
+        self.assertIn(r"\`backticks\`", text)
+        self.assertIn("&lt;u&gt;underline&lt;/u&gt;", text)
+        self.assertIn(r"\\backslash\\ ", text)
+        self.assertIn("&quot;quoted&quot;", text)
+
     @patch("hc.api.transports.os.system")
     @override_settings(SHELL_ENABLED=True)
     def test_shell(self, mock_system):
diff --git a/hc/api/transports.py b/hc/api/transports.py
index 0b673aeb..bbe4a3d8 100644
--- a/hc/api/transports.py
+++ b/hc/api/transports.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 from django.utils import timezone
+from django.utils.html import escape
 import json
 import requests
 from urllib.parse import quote, urlencode
@@ -582,6 +583,15 @@ class MsTeams(HttpTransport):
     def notify(self, check):
         text = tmpl("msteams_message.json", check=check)
         payload = json.loads(text)
+
+        # Escape special HTML characters in check's name
+        safe_name = escape(check.name_then_code())
+        # Escape characters that have special meaning in Markdown
+        for c in r"\`*_{}[]()#+-.!|":
+            safe_name = safe_name.replace(c, "\\" + c)
+
+        payload["text"] = f"“{safe_name}” is {check.status.upper()}."
+
         return self.post(self.channel.value, json=payload)
 
 
@@ -629,7 +639,5 @@ class LineNotify(HttpTransport):
             "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
             "Authorization": "Bearer %s" % self.channel.linenotify_token,
         }
-        payload = {
-            "message": tmpl("linenotify_message.html", check=check)
-        }
+        payload = {"message": tmpl("linenotify_message.html", check=check)}
         return self.post(self.URL, headers=headers, params=payload)
diff --git a/templates/integrations/msteams_message.json b/templates/integrations/msteams_message.json
index 796b16b8..c26b08d6 100644
--- a/templates/integrations/msteams_message.json
+++ b/templates/integrations/msteams_message.json
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     "@type": "MessageCard",
     "@context": "https://schema.org/extensions",
     "themeColor": "{% if check.status == "up" %}5cb85c{% endif %}{% if check.status == "down" %}d9534f{% endif %}",
-    "text": "“{{ check.name_then_code|escapejs }}” is {{ check.status|upper }}.",
     "sections": [
         {
             "facts": [