diff --git a/extensions/sphinx/CHANGELOG.md b/extensions/sphinx/CHANGELOG.md
index 7524e97782..78a444681c 100644
--- a/extensions/sphinx/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/extensions/sphinx/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 sphinx extension Change Log
 2.0.0-rc under development
 --------------------------
 
+- Bug #3668: Escaping of the special characters at 'MATCH' statement added (klimov-paul)
 - Enh: Added support for using sub-queries when building a DB query with `IN` condition (qiangxue)
 
 
diff --git a/extensions/sphinx/Connection.php b/extensions/sphinx/Connection.php
index 22309f806c..d5896ce14d 100644
--- a/extensions/sphinx/Connection.php
+++ b/extensions/sphinx/Connection.php
@@ -128,4 +128,19 @@ class Connection extends \yii\db\Connection
     {
         throw new NotSupportedException('"' . __METHOD__ . '" is not supported.');
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Escapes all special characters from 'MATCH' statement argument.
+     * Make sure you are using this method whenever composing 'MATCH' search statement.
+     * @param string $str string to be escaped.
+     * @return string the properly escaped string.
+     */
+    public function escapeMatchValue($str)
+    {
+        return str_replace(
+            ['/', '"', "'", '(', ')', '|', '-', '!', '@', '~', '&', '^', '$', '=', "\x00", "\n", "\r", "\x1a"],
+            ['\\/', '\\"', "\\'", '\\(', '\\)', '\\|', '\\-', '\\!', '\\@', '\\~', '\\&', '\\^', '\\$', '\\=', "\\x00", "\\n", "\\r", "\\x1a"],
+            $str
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/extensions/sphinx/Query.php b/extensions/sphinx/Query.php
index daa9a70dbd..cf12fcd929 100644
--- a/extensions/sphinx/Query.php
+++ b/extensions/sphinx/Query.php
@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@ class Query extends Component implements QueryInterface
      */
     public $from;
     /**
-     * @var string text, which should be searched in fulltext mode.
+     * @var string|Expression text, which should be searched in fulltext mode.
      * This value will be composed into MATCH operator inside the WHERE clause.
+     * Note: this value will be processed by [[Connection::escapeMatchValue()]],
+     * if you need to compose complex match condition use [[Expression]].
      */
     public $match;
     /**
@@ -381,13 +383,14 @@ class Query extends Component implements QueryInterface
     /**
      * Sets the fulltext query text. This text will be composed into
      * MATCH operator inside the WHERE clause.
+     * Note: this value will be processed by [[Connection::escapeMatchValue()]],
+     * if you need to compose complex match condition use [[Expression]].
      * @param string $query fulltext query text.
      * @return static the query object itself
      */
     public function match($query)
     {
         $this->match = $query;
-
         return $this;
     }
 
diff --git a/extensions/sphinx/QueryBuilder.php b/extensions/sphinx/QueryBuilder.php
index 23b1963af0..b4d346dcae 100644
--- a/extensions/sphinx/QueryBuilder.php
+++ b/extensions/sphinx/QueryBuilder.php
@@ -63,9 +63,14 @@ class QueryBuilder extends Object
         $params = empty($params) ? $query->params : array_merge($params, $query->params);
 
         if ($query->match !== null) {
-            $phName = self::PARAM_PREFIX . count($params);
-            $params[$phName] = (string) $query->match;
-            $query->andWhere('MATCH(' . $phName . ')');
+            if ($query->match instanceof Expression) {
+                $query->andWhere('MATCH(' . $query->match->expression . ')');
+                $params = array_merge($query->match->params);
+            } else {
+                $phName = self::PARAM_PREFIX . count($params);
+                $params[$phName] = $this->db->escapeMatchValue($query->match);
+                $query->andWhere('MATCH(' . $phName . ')');
+            }
         }
 
         $from = $query->from;
diff --git a/tests/unit/extensions/sphinx/QueryTest.php b/tests/unit/extensions/sphinx/QueryTest.php
index 88f39938f6..217a3b8fdc 100644
--- a/tests/unit/extensions/sphinx/QueryTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/extensions/sphinx/QueryTest.php
@@ -253,4 +253,35 @@ class QueryTest extends SphinxTestCase
             ->count('*', $connection);
         $this->assertEquals(2, $count);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @depends testRun
+     */
+    public function testWhereQuotedValue()
+    {
+        $connection = $this->getConnection();
+
+        $query = new Query;
+        $rows = $query->from('yii2_test_article_index')
+            ->andWhere(['author_id' => 'some"'])
+            //->match('about"')
+            ->all($connection);
+        $this->assertEmpty($rows);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @depends testRun
+     *
+     * @see https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/issues/3668
+     */
+    public function testMatchSpecialCharValue()
+    {
+        $connection = $this->getConnection();
+
+        $query = new Query;
+        $rows = $query->from('yii2_test_article_index')
+            ->match('about"@^')
+            ->all($connection);
+        $this->assertNotEmpty($rows);
+    }
 }