diff --git a/git/repo/base.py b/git/repo/base.py
index 0de87d01c..af182740b 100644
--- a/git/repo/base.py
+++ b/git/repo/base.py
@@ -1293,6 +1293,8 @@ def blame_incremental(
         If you combine all line number ranges outputted by this command, you should get
         a continuous range spanning all line numbers in the file.
         """
+        from git.diff import _unquote_path
+
         if not allow_unsafe_options:
             Git.check_unsafe_options(
                 options=Git._option_candidates([rev], kwargs),
@@ -1375,6 +1377,9 @@ def blame_incremental(
                         orig_filename = value
                         break
 
+            if orig_filename.startswith(b'"') and orig_filename.endswith(b'"'):
+                orig_filename = _unquote_path(orig_filename[1:-1])
+
             yield BlameEntry(
                 commits[hexsha],
                 range(lineno, lineno + num_lines),
diff --git a/test/test_repo.py b/test/test_repo.py
index 7ecf2a920..38ac3e630 100644
--- a/test/test_repo.py
+++ b/test/test_repo.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     Submodule,
     Tree,
 )
+from git.compat import safe_decode
 from git.exc import BadObject, UnsafeOptionError, UnsafeProtocolError
 from git.repo.fun import find_worktree_git_dir
 from git.util import bin_to_hex, cwd, rmfile, rmtree
@@ -754,6 +755,35 @@ def test_blame_incremental(self, git):
                 ),
             )
 
+    def test_blame_incremental_preserves_historical_paths(self):
+        self.maxDiff = None
+        paths = (
+            b"plain.txt",
+            b" spaced name.txt ",
+            "café.txt".encode(),
+            b"byte-\xff.txt",
+            b'"literal-\\303\\251.txt"',
+            b'quote"name.txt',
+            b"back\\slash.txt",
+            b"control\a\b\t\n\v\f\r.txt",
+        )
+        for quote_path in ("true", "false"):
+            for i, path in enumerate(paths):
+                with self.subTest(quote_path=quote_path, path=path), fixture_repo(
+                    "blame-paths.sh", quote_path, subdir=str(i)
+                ) as repo:
+                    entries = list(repo.blame_incremental("HEAD", "current.txt"))
+                    original = repo.commit("HEAD~2")
+                    self.assertEqual(
+                        sorted(entries, key=lambda e: e.linenos.start),
+                        [
+                            (original, range(1, 2), safe_decode(path), range(1, 2)),
+                            (repo.head.commit, range(2, 3), "current.txt", range(2, 3)),
+                            (original, range(3, 4), safe_decode(path), range(3, 4)),
+                        ],
+                    )
+                    self.assertEqual(list(repo.blame("HEAD", "current.txt", incremental=True)), entries)
+
     @mock.patch.object(Git, "_call_process")
     def test_blame_complex_revision(self, git):
         git.return_value = fixture("blame_complex_revision")
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/blame-paths.sh b/tests/fixtures/blame-paths.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ce20214c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/blame-paths.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eu
+# C-quoted tree input preserves control bytes through Windows fixture creation.
+paths=('plain.txt' ' spaced name.txt ' '"caf\303\251.txt"' '"byte-\377.txt"' '"\"literal-\\303\\251.txt\""' '"quote\"name.txt"' '"back\\slash.txt"' '"control\a\b\t\n\v\f\r.txt"')
+for i in "${!paths[@]}"; do
+    git init -q --initial-branch=main "$i"
+    (
+        cd "$i"
+        git config core.quotePath "$1"
+        blob=$(printf 'first\nmiddle\nlast\n' | git hash-object -w --stdin)
+        tree=$(printf '100644 blob %s\t%s\n' "$blob" "${paths[$i]}" | git mktree)
+        original=$(git commit-tree "$tree" -m original)
+        tree=$(printf '100644 blob %s\tcurrent.txt\0' "$blob" | git mktree -z)
+        renamed=$(git commit-tree "$tree" -p "$original" -m rename)
+        blob=$(printf 'first\nchanged\nlast\n' | git hash-object -w --stdin)
+        tree=$(printf '100644 blob %s\tcurrent.txt\0' "$blob" | git mktree -z)
+        edited=$(git commit-tree "$tree" -p "$renamed" -m edit)
+        git update-ref refs/heads/main "$edited"
+    )
+done