diff --git a/tests/rules/test_sudo.py b/tests/rules/test_sudo.py
index 171088e3..001132f0 100644
--- a/tests/rules/test_sudo.py
+++ b/tests/rules/test_sudo.py
@@ -21,5 +21,9 @@ def test_not_match():
     assert not match(Command(), None)
 
 
-def test_get_new_command():
-    assert get_new_command(Command('ls'), None) == 'sudo ls'
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('before, after', [
+    ('ls', 'sudo ls'),
+    ('echo a > b', 'sudo sh -c "echo a > b"'),
+    ('echo "a" >> b', 'sudo sh -c "echo \\"a\\" >> b"')])
+def test_get_new_command(before, after):
+    assert get_new_command(Command(before), None) == after
diff --git a/thefuck/rules/sudo.py b/thefuck/rules/sudo.py
index b42064ee..63e53c9f 100644
--- a/thefuck/rules/sudo.py
+++ b/thefuck/rules/sudo.py
@@ -28,4 +28,7 @@ def match(command, settings):
 
 
 def get_new_command(command, settings):
-    return u'sudo {}'.format(command.script)
+    if '>' in command.script:
+        return u'sudo sh -c "{}"'.format(command.script.replace('"', '\\"'))
+    else:
+        return u'sudo {}'.format(command.script)