diff --git a/src/display/metadata.js b/src/display/metadata.js
index 3ef5c7d67..af58fb5c3 100644
--- a/src/display/metadata.js
+++ b/src/display/metadata.js
@@ -37,6 +37,20 @@ class Metadata {
       let bytes = codes.replace(/\\([0-3])([0-7])([0-7])/g,
           function(code, d1, d2, d3) {
         return String.fromCharCode(d1 * 64 + d2 * 8 + d3 * 1);
+      }).replace(/&(amp|apos|gt|lt|quot);/g, function(str, name) {
+        switch (name) {
+          case 'amp':
+            return '&';
+          case 'apos':
+            return '\'';
+          case 'gt':
+            return '>';
+          case 'lt':
+            return '<';
+          case 'quot':
+            return '\"';
+        }
+        throw new Error(`_repair: ${name} isn't defined.`);
       });
 
       let chars = '';
diff --git a/test/unit/metadata_spec.js b/test/unit/metadata_spec.js
index f7fa947fa..e3c136a46 100644
--- a/test/unit/metadata_spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/metadata_spec.js
@@ -49,4 +49,51 @@ describe('metadata', function() {
 
     expect(metadata.getAll()).toEqual({ 'dc:title': 'PDF&', });
   });
+
+  it('should repair and handle invalid metadata (bug 1424938)', function() {
+    let invalidData = '<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x=\'adobe:ns:meta/\' ' +
+      'x:xmptk=\'XMP toolkit 2.9.1-13, framework 1.6\'>' +
+      '<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf=\'http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#\' ' +
+      'xmlns:iX=\'http://ns.adobe.com/iX/1.0/\'>' +
+      '<rdf:Description rdf:about=\'61652fa7-fc1f-11dd-0000-ce81d41f9ecf\' ' +
+      'xmlns:pdf=\'http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/\' ' +
+      'pdf:Producer=\'GPL Ghostscript 8.63\'/>' +
+      '<rdf:Description rdf:about=\'61652fa7-fc1f-11dd-0000-ce81d41f9ecf\' ' +
+      'xmlns:xap=\'http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/\' ' +
+      'xap:ModifyDate=\'2009-02-13T12:42:54+01:00\' ' +
+      'xap:CreateDate=\'2009-02-13T12:42:54+01:00\'>' +
+      '<xap:CreatorTool>\\376\\377\\000P\\000D\\000F\\000C\\000r\\000e\\000a' +
+      '\\000t\\000o\\000r\\000 \\000V\\000e\\000r\\000s\\000i\\000o\\000n' +
+      '\\000 \\0000\\000.\\0009\\000.\\0006</xap:CreatorTool>' +
+      '</rdf:Description><rdf:Description ' +
+      'rdf:about=\'61652fa7-fc1f-11dd-0000-ce81d41f9ecf\' ' +
+      'xmlns:xapMM=\'http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/\' ' +
+      'xapMM:DocumentID=\'61652fa7-fc1f-11dd-0000-ce81d41f9ecf\'/>' +
+      '<rdf:Description rdf:about=\'61652fa7-fc1f-11dd-0000-ce81d41f9ecf\' ' +
+      'xmlns:dc=\'http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\' ' +
+      'dc:format=\'application/pdf\'><dc:title><rdf:Alt>' +
+      '<rdf:li xml:lang=\'x-default\'>\\376\\377\\000L\\000&apos;\\000O\\000d' +
+      '\\000i\\000s\\000s\\000e\\000e\\000 \\000t\\000h\\000\\351\\000m\\000a' +
+      '\\000t\\000i\\000q\\000u\\000e\\000 \\000l\\000o\\000g\\000o\\000 ' +
+      '\\000O\\000d\\000i\\000s\\000s\\000\\351\\000\\351\\000 \\000-\\000 ' +
+      '\\000d\\000\\351\\000c\\000e\\000m\\000b\\000r\\000e\\000 \\0002\\0000' +
+      '\\0000\\0008\\000.\\000p\\000u\\000b</rdf:li></rdf:Alt></dc:title>' +
+      '<dc:creator><rdf:Seq><rdf:li>\\376\\377\\000O\\000D\\000I\\000S' +
+      '</rdf:li></rdf:Seq></dc:creator></rdf:Description></rdf:RDF>' +
+      '</x:xmpmeta>';
+    let metadata = new Metadata(invalidData);
+
+    expect(metadata.has('dc:title')).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(metadata.has('dc:qux')).toBeFalsy();
+
+    expect(metadata.get('dc:title')).toEqual(
+      'L\'Odissee thématique logo Odisséé - décembre 2008.pub');
+    expect(metadata.get('dc:qux')).toEqual(null);
+
+    expect(metadata.getAll()).toEqual({
+      'dc:creator': 'ODIS',
+      'dc:title': 'L\'Odissee thématique logo Odisséé - décembre 2008.pub',
+      'xap:creatortool': 'PDFCreator Version 0.9.6',
+    });
+  });
 });