diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index b84345e..7a523da 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Bug Fixes
 ------------------------------
 * Improved support for nesting anaphoric macros by only applying
   symbol replacement where absolutely necessary.
+* Quoted f-strings are no longer evaluated prematurely.
 
 0.18.0
 ==============================
diff --git a/hy/compiler.py b/hy/compiler.py
index f219dac..3d527f7 100755
--- a/hy/compiler.py
+++ b/hy/compiler.py
@@ -606,9 +606,15 @@ class HyASTCompiler(object):
 
         elif isinstance(form, HyString):
             if form.is_format:
-               body.extend([HyKeyword("is_format"), form.is_format])
+                # Ensure that this f-string isn't evaluated right now.
+                body = [
+                    copy.copy(form),
+                    HyKeyword("is_format"),
+                    form.is_format,
+                ]
+                body[0].is_format = False
             if form.brackets is not None:
-               body.extend([HyKeyword("brackets"), form.brackets])
+                body.extend([HyKeyword("brackets"), form.brackets])
 
         ret = HyExpression([HySymbol(name)] + body).replace(form)
         return imports, ret, False
diff --git a/tests/native_tests/language.hy b/tests/native_tests/language.hy
index 7732207..903663e 100644
--- a/tests/native_tests/language.hy
+++ b/tests/native_tests/language.hy
@@ -1303,7 +1303,16 @@ cee\"} dee" "ey bee\ncee dee"))
   ; Format bracket strings
   (assert (= #[f[a{p !r :9}]f] "a'xyzzy'  "))
   (assert (= #[f-string[result: {value :{width}.{precision}}]f-string]
-    "result:      12.34")))
+    "result:      12.34"))
+
+  ; Quoting shouldn't evaluate the f-string immediately
+  ; https://github.com/hylang/hy/issues/1844
+  (setv quoted 'f"hello {world}")
+  (assert quoted.is-format)
+  (with [(pytest.raises NameError)]
+    (eval quoted))
+  (setv world "goodbye")
+  (assert (= (eval quoted) "hello goodbye")))
 
 
 (defn test-import-syntax []