diff --git a/octodns/provider/googlecloud.py b/octodns/provider/googlecloud.py
index 6ca0794..5ea43ac 100644
--- a/octodns/provider/googlecloud.py
+++ b/octodns/provider/googlecloud.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import shlex
 import time
 from logging import getLogger
 from uuid import uuid4
+import re
 
 from google.cloud import dns
 
@@ -269,12 +270,15 @@ class GoogleCloudProvider(BaseProvider):
 
     _data_for_PTR = _data_for_CNAME
 
+    _fix_semicolons = re.compile(r'(?<!\\);')
+
     def _data_for_SPF(self, gcloud_record):
         if len(gcloud_record.rrdatas) > 1:
             return {
-                'values': gcloud_record.rrdatas}
+                'values': [self._fix_semicolons.sub('\;', rr)
+                           for rr in gcloud_record.rrdatas]}
         return {
-            'value': gcloud_record.rrdatas[0]}
+            'value': self._fix_semicolons.sub('\;', gcloud_record.rrdatas[0])}
 
     def _data_for_SRV(self, gcloud_record):
         return {'values': [{
diff --git a/tests/test_octodns_provider_googlecloud.py b/tests/test_octodns_provider_googlecloud.py
index adc2112..79fda7f 100644
--- a/tests/test_octodns_provider_googlecloud.py
+++ b/tests/test_octodns_provider_googlecloud.py
@@ -427,3 +427,13 @@ class TestGoogleCloudProvider(TestCase):
 
         mock_zone.create.assert_called()
         provider.gcloud_client.zone.assert_called()
+
+    def test_semicolon_fixup(self):
+        provider = self._get_provider()
+
+        self.assertEquals({
+            'values': ['abcd\\; ef\\;g', 'hij\\; klm\\;n']
+        }, provider._data_for_TXT(
+            DummyResourceRecordSet(
+                'unit.tests.', 'TXT', 0, ['abcd; ef;g', 'hij\\; klm\\;n'])
+        ))