diff --git a/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory.go b/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory.go
index 0d11d690d..a12a6bc9e 100644
--- a/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory.go
+++ b/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory.go
@@ -212,6 +212,5 @@ func parseLiteralSource(source string) (keyName, value string, err error) {
 	if len(items) != 2 {
 		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("invalid literal source %v, expected key=value", source)
 	}
-
-	return items[0], items[1], nil
+	return items[0], strings.Trim(items[1], "\"'"), nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory_test.go b/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory_test.go
index 54d3f8af8..8b89e0e78 100644
--- a/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory_test.go
+++ b/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory_test.go
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ func makeLiteralConfigMap(name string) *corev1.ConfigMap {
 		Data: map[string]string{
 			"a": "x",
 			"b": "y",
+			"c": "Hello World",
+			"d": "true",
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ func TestConstructConfigMap(t *testing.T) {
 			input: types.ConfigMapArgs{
 				Name: "literalConfigMap",
 				DataSources: types.DataSources{
-					LiteralSources: []string{"a=x", "b=y"},
+					LiteralSources: []string{"a=x", "b=y", "c=\"Hello World\"", "d='true'"},
 				},
 			},
 			expected: makeLiteralConfigMap("literalConfigMap"),
diff --git a/pkg/resmap/configmap_test.go b/pkg/resmap/configmap_test.go
index fe3ab5bc1..c6355ceb9 100644
--- a/pkg/resmap/configmap_test.go
+++ b/pkg/resmap/configmap_test.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ BAR=baz
 				{
 					Name: "literalConfigMap",
 					DataSources: types.DataSources{
-						LiteralSources: []string{"a=x", "b=y"},
+						LiteralSources: []string{"a=x", "b=y", "c=\"Good Morning\"", "d=\"false\""},
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ BAR=baz
 						"data": map[string]interface{}{
 							"a": "x",
 							"b": "y",
+							"c": "Good Morning",
+							"d": "false",
 						},
 					}).SetBehavior(resource.BehaviorCreate),
 			},