diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 9823bb988..cd0c82fb5 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ New features added
 Release 0.5.2 (in development)
 ==============================
 
+* Properly escape ``|`` in LaTeX output.
+
 * #71: If a decoding error occurs in source files, print a
   warning and replace the characters by "?".
 
diff --git a/sphinx/util/texescape.py b/sphinx/util/texescape.py
index 1799b77c6..f495243cb 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/texescape.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/texescape.py
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ tex_replacements = [
     (u'─', ur'-'),
     (u'⎽', ur'\_'),
     (u'╲', ur'\textbackslash{}'),
-    (u'│', ur'|'),
+    (u'|', ur'\textbar{}'),
+    (u'│', ur'\textbar{}'),
     (u'ℯ', ur'e'),
     (u'ⅈ', ur'i'),
     (u'₁', ur'1'),