diff --git a/conf.d/forgit.plugin.fish b/conf.d/forgit.plugin.fish
index 23a6683..84f0ed2 100644
--- a/conf.d/forgit.plugin.fish
+++ b/conf.d/forgit.plugin.fish
@@ -119,8 +119,14 @@ function forgit::diff -d "git diff viewer" --argument-names arg1 arg2
         end
     end
 
-    set preview_cmd "forgit::extract_file {} | xargs -I% git diff --color=always -U$forgit_preview_context $commits -- % | $forgit_diff_pager"
-    set enter_cmd "forgit::extract_file {} | xargs -I% git diff --color=always -U$forgit_fullscreen_context $commits -- % | $forgit_diff_pager"
+    # Git stashes are named "stash@{x}", which contains the fzf placeholder "{x}".
+    # In order to support passing stashes as arguments to forgit::diff, we have to
+    # prevent fzf from interpreting this substring by escaping the opening bracket.
+    # The string is evaluated a few subsequent times, so we need multiple escapes.
+    set escaped_commits (echo $commits | sed 's/{/\\\\\\\\{/g')
+
+    set preview_cmd "forgit::extract_file {} | xargs -I% git diff --color=always -U$forgit_preview_context $escaped_commits -- % | $forgit_diff_pager"
+    set enter_cmd "forgit::extract_file {} | xargs -I% git diff --color=always -U$forgit_fullscreen_context $escaped_commits -- % | $forgit_diff_pager"
 
     set opts "
         $FORGIT_FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS
diff --git a/forgit.plugin.zsh b/forgit.plugin.zsh
index a12a161..8658859 100755
--- a/forgit.plugin.zsh
+++ b/forgit.plugin.zsh
@@ -71,8 +71,13 @@ forgit::diff() {
     }
     repo="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
     get_files="cd '$repo' && echo {} | sed 's/.*] *//' | sed 's/  ->  / /'"
-    preview_cmd="$get_files | xargs -I% git diff --color=always -U$forgit_preview_context $commits -- % | $forgit_diff_pager"
-    enter_cmd="$get_files | xargs -I% git diff --color=always -U$forgit_fullscreen_context $commits -- % | $forgit_diff_pager"
+    # Git stashes are named "stash@{x}", which contains the fzf placeholder "{x}".
+    # In order to support passing stashes as arguments to forgit::diff, we have to
+    # prevent fzf from interpreting this substring by escaping the opening bracket.
+    # The string is evaluated a few subsequent times, so we need multiple escapes.
+    escaped_commits=${commits//\{/\\\\\{}
+    preview_cmd="$get_files | xargs -I% git diff --color=always -U$forgit_preview_context $escaped_commits -- % | $forgit_diff_pager"
+    enter_cmd="$get_files | xargs -I% git diff --color=always -U$forgit_fullscreen_context $escaped_commits -- % | $forgit_diff_pager"
     opts="
         $FORGIT_FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS
         +m -0 --bind=\"enter:execute($enter_cmd | $forgit_enter_pager)\"