diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 7b79c7abbe57b0c4861a20042cdcc72c7e452df6..f57e1ce3f4f12386ca263e8796e71f07306cf0b1 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ OpenCore Changelog
 - Fixed intro animation getting stuck in OpenCanopy if an entry which returns to menu is selected before animation ends
 - Modified OpenCanopy to require presence of label images only when used due to `OC_ATTR_USE_GENERIC_LABEL_IMAGE`
 - Provided `OC_ATTR_REDUCE_MOTION` to optionally disable non-required OpenCanopy menu animations
+- Modified NVRAM logout hook to handle XML entities in string vars
 
 #### v0.9.7
 - Updated recovery_urls.txt
diff --git a/Utilities/LogoutHook/nvramdump.c b/Utilities/LogoutHook/nvramdump.c
index 5176cfc2c970de5b96236764d76c73ca47419f9c..236e4d1a25defa3e35343a2ee27b223f56e6c434 100644
--- a/Utilities/LogoutHook/nvramdump.c
+++ b/Utilities/LogoutHook/nvramdump.c
@@ -40,9 +40,30 @@ static kern_return_t GetOFVariable(char *name, CFStringRef *nameRef,
     *valueRef = IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperty(gOptionsRef, *nameRef, 0, 0);
     if (*valueRef == 0) return kIOReturnNotFound;
 
+    if (CFGetTypeID(*valueRef) == CFStringGetTypeID()) {
+        CFTypeRef oldValue = *valueRef;
+        *valueRef = CFStringCreateExternalRepresentation(kCFAllocatorDefault, *valueRef, kCFStringEncodingUTF8, 0);
+        CFRelease(oldValue);
+        if (*valueRef == 0) return kIOReturnNotFound;
+    }
+
     return KERN_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+static CFMutableDictionaryRef dict4;
+
+static void ConvertStringValues (const void* key, const void* value, void* context) {
+    if (CFGetTypeID(value) == CFStringGetTypeID()) {
+        CFDataRef dataValue = CFStringCreateExternalRepresentation(kCFAllocatorDefault, value, kCFStringEncodingUTF8, 0);
+        if (dataValue != NULL) {
+            CFDictionaryAddValue(dict4, key, dataValue);
+        }
+    } else {
+        CFDictionaryAddValue(dict4, key, value);
+    }
+}
+
+
 CFDictionaryRef CreateMyDictionary(void) {
     char *guid;
 
@@ -69,8 +90,17 @@ CFDictionaryRef CreateMyDictionary(void) {
     if (result != KERN_SUCCESS) {
         errx(1, "Error getting the firmware variables: %s", mach_error_string(result));
     }
-    CFDictionarySetValue(dict0, CFSTR("7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82"), dict1);
+
+    // To work round limitations of OpenCore XML parser (i.e. XML entities not
+    // automatically processed), force all string values to save as data.
+    dict4 = CFDictionaryCreateMutable(kCFAllocatorDefault, 0,
+                                      &kCFTypeDictionaryKeyCallBacks,
+                                      &kCFTypeDictionaryValueCallBacks);
+    CFDictionaryApplyFunction(dict1, ConvertStringValues, NULL);
+
+    CFDictionarySetValue(dict0, CFSTR("7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82"), dict4);
     CFRelease(dict1);
+    CFRelease(dict4);
 
     CFMutableDictionaryRef dict2 = CFDictionaryCreateMutable(NULL, 0, &kCFTypeDictionaryKeyCallBacks,
                                                              &kCFTypeDictionaryValueCallBacks);