diff --git a/kayobe/kolla_ansible.py b/kayobe/kolla_ansible.py
index 4171bbaac..38dd35ef9 100644
--- a/kayobe/kolla_ansible.py
+++ b/kayobe/kolla_ansible.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def build_args(parsed_args, command, inventory_filename, extra_vars=None,
             cmd += ["-e", "%s=%s" % (extra_var_name, extra_var_value)]
     if parsed_args.kolla_limit or limit:
         limit_arg = utils.intersect_limits(parsed_args.kolla_limit, limit)
-        cmd += ["--limit", limit_arg]
+        cmd += ["--limit", utils.quote_and_escape(limit_arg)]
     if parsed_args.kolla_skip_tags:
         cmd += ["--skip-tags", parsed_args.kolla_skip_tags]
     if parsed_args.kolla_tags or tags:
diff --git a/kayobe/tests/unit/test_kolla_ansible.py b/kayobe/tests/unit/test_kolla_ansible.py
index ee27442dc..3eced9484 100644
--- a/kayobe/tests/unit/test_kolla_ansible.py
+++ b/kayobe/tests/unit/test_kolla_ansible.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             "--configdir", "/path/to/config",
             "--passwords", "/path/to/config/passwords.yml",
             "-e", "ev_name1=ev_value1",
-            "--limit", "host1:host2",
+            "--limit", "'host1:host2'",
             "--tags", "tag1,tag2",
         ]
         expected_cmd = " ".join(expected_cmd)
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             "--configdir", "/path/to/config",
             "--passwords", "/path/to/config/passwords.yml",
             "-e", "ev_name1=ev_value1",
-            "--limit", "host1:host2",
+            "--limit", "'host1:host2'",
             "--skip-tags", "tag3,tag4",
             "--tags", "tag1,tag2",
         ]
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/quote-kolla-limit-042422e69c008109.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/quote-kolla-limit-042422e69c008109.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8bfc6943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/quote-kolla-limit-042422e69c008109.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixes calls to ``kolla-ansible`` when arguments to ``--kolla-limit``
+    contain special characters such as ``~`` or ``&``.