diff --git a/spec/blueprint/html/attributes_handling_spec.cr b/spec/blueprint/html/attributes_handling_spec.cr
index 983bd6a..c92b5c4 100644
--- a/spec/blueprint/html/attributes_handling_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/blueprint/html/attributes_handling_spec.cr
@@ -114,4 +114,36 @@ describe "attributes handling" do
 
     actual_html.should eq expected_html
   end
+
+  it "raises error if attribute names include unsafe characters" do
+    # Hash
+    {% for character in ["<", ">", "&", %("), "'"] %}
+      expect_raises(Blueprint::HTML::ArgumentError, %(Unsafe attribute name: `attr-{{character.id}}`)) do
+        Blueprint::HTML.build do
+          div({ %(attr-{{character.id}}) => "some value"}) do
+            "Blueprint"
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    {% end %}
+
+    # NamedTuple
+    {% for character in ["<", ">", "&", "'"] %}
+      expect_raises(Blueprint::HTML::ArgumentError, %(Unsafe attribute name: `attr-{{character.id}}`)) do
+        Blueprint::HTML.build do
+          div("attr-{{character.id}}": "some value") do
+            "Blueprint"
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    {% end %}
+
+    expect_raises(Blueprint::HTML::ArgumentError, %(Unsafe attribute name: `attr-"`)) do
+      Blueprint::HTML.build do
+        div("attr-\"": "some value") do
+          "Blueprint"
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/src/blueprint/html/attributes_renderer.cr b/src/blueprint/html/attributes_renderer.cr
index 172dfb2..1477493 100644
--- a/src/blueprint/html/attributes_renderer.cr
+++ b/src/blueprint/html/attributes_renderer.cr
@@ -76,11 +76,15 @@ module Blueprint::HTML::AttributesRenderer
     append_value buffer, value.to_s
   end
 
-  private def parse_name(name : Symbol) : String
-    name.to_s.gsub("_", "-")
-  end
-
   private def parse_name(name : String) : String
+    if name.matches?(/[<>&"']/)
+      raise Blueprint::HTML::ArgumentError.new("Unsafe attribute name: `#{name}`")
+    end
+
     name
   end
+
+  private def parse_name(name : Symbol) : String
+    parse_name(name.to_s.gsub("_", "-"))
+  end
 end
diff --git a/src/blueprint/html/errors.cr b/src/blueprint/html/errors.cr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af51ff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/blueprint/html/errors.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class Blueprint::HTML::ArgumentError < ArgumentError
+end