diff --git a/pymbolic/imperative/utils.py b/pymbolic/imperative/utils.py
index fa13d57af2ab478323b84ebde5c3c98ec3ef5dc2..16e538e57861245160d153f4aecba1e9a7bd7d66 100644
--- a/pymbolic/imperative/utils.py
+++ b/pymbolic/imperative/utils.py
@@ -44,16 +44,23 @@ def get_dot_dependency_graph(
         statements,  use_stmt_ids=None,
         preamble_hook=_default_preamble_hook,
         additional_lines_hook=list,
+        statement_stringifier=lambda s: str(s).replace("\"", "\\\""),
 
         # deprecated
         use_insn_ids=None,):
     """Return a string in the `dot <http://graphviz.org/>`_ language depicting
     dependencies among kernel statements.
 
+    :arg statements: A sequence of statements, each of which is stringified by
+        calling *statement_stringifier*.
+    :arg statement_stringifier: The function to use for stringifying the
+        statements. The default stringifier uses :func:`str` and escapes all
+        double quotes (``"``) in the string representation.
     :arg preamble_hook: A function that returns an iterable of lines
         to add at the beginning of the graph
     :arg additional_lines_hook: A function that returns an iterable
         of lines to add at the end of the graph
+
     """
 
     if use_stmt_ids is not None and use_insn_ids is not None:
@@ -68,15 +75,12 @@ def get_dot_dependency_graph(
     def get_node_attrs(stmt):
         if use_stmt_ids:
             stmt_label = stmt.id
-            tooltip = str(stmt)
+            tooltip = statement_stringifier(stmt)
         else:
-            stmt_label = str(stmt)
+            stmt_label = statement_stringifier(stmt)
             tooltip = stmt.id
 
-        return "label=\"%s\",shape=\"box\",tooltip=\"%s\"" % (
-                repr(stmt_label)[1:-1],
-                repr(tooltip)[1:-1],
-                )
+        return "label=\"%s\",shape=\"box\",tooltip=\"%s\"" % (stmt_label, tooltip)
 
     lines = list(preamble_hook())
     lines.append("rankdir=BT;")